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tomrod on July 2, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Uno – the “unit” for dimensionless quantities

Aye, but 1^2 is 1,so it's a bit of a special wash. Like 0!.

dhosek on July 2, 2021 [–]

The problem is that U isn't 1, it's meant to be a unit, but then it doesn't behave like a unit in which case, why bother with it at all?

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