Re: Relativistic Complex Analysis
- From: Tom Roberts <tjroberts@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 13:38:08 GMT
tontoko wrote:
If we follow an ancient Greek philosopher saying "there is no perfect circle in our world", every physical value must be rational number. However I thought the light speed only is irrational, [...]
No. The value for the speed of light depends on one's choice of units. Using the current SI units, the speed of light is exactly 299,792,458 meter/second. That is quite clearly an INTEGER. This is, quite literally, the definition of the meter in terms of the second and a light beam.
Tom Roberts tjroberts@xxxxxxxxxx .
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