On Sat, 9 Jun 2001, Ma Be wrote:
in reaction to Mechtly's violations of equality-
> >The situation would be U = 10 U, U = 100 U, U = 1000 U, etc. all at the
> >same time for every SI Unit (each represented by U in the above equations).
> >Do you accept these equations as mathematically correct for U in general?
> >
> ?? Now, you completely lost me here...
Marcus,
Here are the equations for the particular choice of U = meter:
meter = 10 meters, meter = 100 meters, meter = 1000 meters; the last
one then written as meter = kilometer by application of the prefix kilo.
This is a logical (but unacceptable) consequence of a declaration that
multiples (and submultiples) of SI Units are themselves also "SI units";
unit meaning one (1) of an entity (quantity); neither more nor less, the
quantity being length in the above illustration. Can the "unit of length"
be both "meter" and "kilometer" all at the same time? Certainly not!
Neither can *the* "unit of currency" be both "dollar" and "cent" all at
the same time.
Gene.
