4 Apr
2007
4 Apr
'07
3:08 p.m.
See noise-density for an example of a unit in use that has a fractional exponent : http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/~jaffer/MIXF
Thank you for the pointer, I will have to think about that...
Another unit that is expressed in fractional powers is the esu (electrostatic unit); it is in fact defined as esu := cm^(3/2) g^(1/2) s^(-1) See here for a nice explanation : http://www.tf.uni-kiel.de/matwis/ amat/mw1_ge/kap_2/basics/b2_1_14.html Now, as has been noted before, it's almost always possible to rewrite your equations to eliminate fractional powers, but from the end-user standpoint, reformulating an equation is more difficult and potentially error-prone than simply implementing an existing one... Matthias