On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 10:27:20AM -0600, Jason Resch wrote: > > > > > More general physical principals like the Schrodinger equation might be > applicable to all observers if it is truly, as Russell staid, a theory of > observation. But something like the weight of the electron, the > Gravitational constant are, in my mind, more properly considered local > properties rather than global principals. > > Jason >
The Gravitational constant is a conversion constant between units - no more significant than the fact there are 2.54... centimetres per inch. The electron mass may be parochial property of where we live, or it may be derivable from some more fundamental theory. For example, it is thought that the mass of the proton is given by quantum chromodynamics, but the calculations are so fierce, that nobody has achieved this yet. Cheers -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) Principal, High Performance Coders Visiting Professor of Mathematics hpco...@hpcoders.com.au University of New South Wales http://www.hpcoders.com.au ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
