[boost] Re: physical quantities (was: runtime unit-modifiable ...)

From: Russell Hind (rhind_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-01-09 05:14:50

Jan Langer wrote:
> 
> i'm not a physicist neither but i want to become an electrical engineer :-)
> 
> wavelength -> m
> frequency -> 1/s
> wavenumber -> 1/m
> 
> speed of light (m/s) = frequency (1/s) * wavelength (m)
> 
> => frequency (1/s) = speed of light (m/s) / wavelength (m)
> 

Thanks for that.  It is a bit off topic now.  I don't think I need to 
know anymore for now, and I sit in the middle of a room full of 
physicists who I'm sure will be willing to overload me with information 
when I so desire :)

Cheers

Russell