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Re: New version of my annotations to SRT

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Am 14.02.2024 um 21:28 schrieb Paul B. Andersen:
> Den 14.02.2024 08:34, skrev Thomas Heger:
>>
>> Einstein's variable names were EXTREMELY annoying!
>>
>> For instance:
>> he had eight different uses of the letter 'A'.
>
> What is the single not annoying use of the letter 'A' ?
>


Many letters have different uses in physics.

This is perfectly ok.

But it is not ok to use the same symbol for different purposes within a 
single text.

Einstein had to decide, what use he wanted for -say- the symbol 'A'.

E.g. 'Area' is a common use or 'amplitude'.

But both uses within a single text are wrong, because it is not possible 
to know, which particular meaning a symbol in an equation has, if both 
meanings use the same symbol.

But Einstein gave this another kick and used the same symbol twice with
different meanings within a single sentence.

This is not really wrong, because it is actually possible to decipher 
the text. But it is fantastically rude.


TH

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Re: New version of my annotations to SRT Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> - 2024-02-14 08:34 +0100
  Re: New version of my annotations to SRT "Paul B. Andersen" <relativity@paulba.no> - 2024-02-14 21:28 +0100
    Re: New version of my annotations to SRT Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> - 2024-02-15 07:10 +0100
      Re: New version of my annotations to SRT "Paul B. Andersen" <relativity@paulba.no> - 2024-02-15 11:32 +0100
        Re: New version of my annotations to SRT Athel Cornish-Bowden <me@yahoo.com> - 2024-02-15 19:04 +0100

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