On Absolute Units
dc.contributor.author | Dewar, Neil | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-03-23T00:30:48Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-03-23T00:30:48Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-05-11 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0007-0882 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/335304 | |
dc.description.abstract | How may we characterise the intrinsic structure of physical quantities such as mass, length, or electric charge? This paper shows that group-theoretic methods—specifically, the notion of a free and transitive group action—provide an elegant way of characterising the structure of scalar quantities, and uses this to give an intrinsic treatment of vector quantities. It also gives a general account of how different scalar or vector quantities may be algebraically combined with one another. Finally, it uses this apparatus to give a simple intrinsic treatment of Newtonian gravitation. | |
dc.publisher | University of Chicago Press | |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International | |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ | |
dc.title | On Absolute Units | |
dc.type | Article | |
dc.publisher.department | Faculty of Philosophy | |
dc.date.updated | 2022-03-22T15:33:20Z | |
prism.number | 715236 | |
prism.publicationDate | 2021 | |
prism.publicationName | The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.17863/CAM.82735 | |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2021-05-04 | |
rioxxterms.versionofrecord | 10.1086/715236 | |
rioxxterms.version | AM | |
dc.contributor.orcid | Dewar, Neil [0000-0001-6623-4529] | |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1464-3537 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | |
cam.issuedOnline | 2021-05-11 | |
cam.orpheus.success | 2022-03-22 - Embargo set during processing via Fast-track | |
cam.depositDate | 2022-03-22 | |
pubs.licence-identifier | apollo-deposit-licence-2-1 | |
pubs.licence-display-name | Apollo Repository Deposit Licence Agreement | |
rioxxterms.freetoread.startdate | 2021-11-11 |
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