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Factors serve as The Anatomy of a Physical Expression. They come in several types as listed below, each characterized as having a distinct role in defining a property of a physical system. The following list items are partially underlined to make memorization easy:

  1. Constants
  2. Coefficients
  3. Quantities
  4. Proximities
  5. Dislocations
  6. Directions


Definition

Constant (or 1) [math]\times[/math]
Coefficient (or 1) [math]\times[/math]
Quantity (or 1) [math]\times[/math]
Proximity (or 1) [math]\times[/math]
Dislocation (or 1) [math]\times[/math]
Direction (or 1) [math]=[/math]
A Physical Expression

Constants

  • [math]c[/math] = Speed of Light
  • [math]G[/math] = Gravitational constant
  • [math]k_B[/math] = Boltzmann's constant
  • [math]\alpha[/math] = Fine Structure constant
  • [math]\mu_0[/math] = Magnetic Permeability of Free Space
  • [math]\epsilon_0[/math] = Electric Permittivity of Free Space

Coefficients

  • [math]\mu_r[/math] = Relative Magnetic Permeability
  • [math]\epsilon_r[/math] = Relative Electric Permittivity

Quantities

  • [math]q[/math] = point charge
  • [math]\lambda_q[/math] = linear charge density (for continuous charge)
  • [math]\sigma_q[/math] = surface charge density (for continuous charge)
  • [math]\rho_q[/math] = volume charge density (for continuous charge)
  • [math]m[/math] = mass
  • [math]\rho[/math] = volume mass density

Proximities

  • [math]\frac{1}{|\mathbf{r}-\mathbf{r'}|}[/math] = inverse of the magnitude of the separation between positions [math]\mathbf{r}[/math] and [math]\mathbf{r'}[/math]
  • [math]\frac{1}{|\mathbf{r}-\mathbf{r'}|^2}[/math] = inverse square of the magnitude of the separation between positions [math]\mathbf{r}[/math] and [math]\mathbf{r'}[/math]

Dislocations

  • [math]\mathbf{x}[/math] = position
  • [math]\mathbf{v}[/math] = velocity
  • [math]\mathbf{a}[/math] = acceleration

Dislocations according to an inertial observer at time [math]t[/math]

  • [math]\mathbf{r}[/math] = position of a charge [math]q[/math] at time [math]t[/math], when it receives a light signal from [math]q'[/math] that was emitted earlier at the retarded time [math]t' = t - |\mathbf{r}-\mathbf{r'}|/c[/math]
  • [math]\frac{∂\mathbf{r}}{∂t}[/math] = [math]\mathbf{\dot{r}}[/math] = velocity of a charge [math]q[/math] at time [math]t[/math], when it receives a light signal from [math]q'[/math] that was emitted earlier at the retarded time [math]t' = t - |\mathbf{r}-\mathbf{r'}|/c[/math]
  • [math]\frac{∂^2\mathbf{r}}{∂t^2}[/math] = [math]\mathbf{\ddot{r}}[/math] = acceleration of a charge [math]q[/math] at time [math]t[/math], when it receives a light signal from [math]q'[/math] that was emitted earlier at the retarded time [math]t' = t - |\mathbf{r}-\mathbf{r'}|/c[/math]
  • [math]\mathbf{r'}[/math] = position a charge [math]q'[/math] had at the retarded time [math]t' = t - |\mathbf{r}-\mathbf{r'}|/c[/math], when it emitted a light signal which has now reached [math]q[/math] at position [math]\mathbf{r}[/math] and time [math]t[/math]
  • [math]\frac{∂\mathbf{r'}}{∂t}[/math] = [math]\mathbf{\dot{r}'}[/math] = velocity a charge [math]q'[/math] had at the retarded time [math]t' = t - |\mathbf{r}-\mathbf{r'}|/c[/math], when it emitted a light signal which has now reached [math]q[/math] at position [math]\mathbf{r}[/math] and time [math]t[/math]
  • [math]\frac{∂^2\mathbf{r'}}{∂t^2}[/math] = [math]\mathbf{\ddot{r}'}[/math] = acceleration a charge [math]q'[/math] had at the retarded time [math]t' = t - |\mathbf{r}-\mathbf{r'}|/c[/math], when it emitted a light signal which has now reached [math]q[/math] at position [math]\mathbf{r}[/math] and time [math]t[/math]

Directions

  • [math]\mathbf{\hat{x}}[/math] = position unit vector
  • [math]\mathbf{\hat{v}}[/math] = velocity unit vector
  • [math]\mathbf{\hat{a}}[/math] = acceleration unit vector

Directions according to an inertial observer at time [math]t[/math]

  • [math]\mathbf{\hat{r}}[/math] = position unit vector of [math]q[/math] at time [math]t[/math]
  • [math]\mathbf{\hat{\dot{r}}}[/math] = velocity unit vector of [math]q[/math] at time [math]t[/math]
  • [math]\mathbf{\hat{\ddot{r}}}[/math] = acceleration unit vector of [math]q[/math] at time [math]t[/math]
  • [math]\mathbf{\hat{r'}}[/math] = position unit vector of [math]q'[/math] at retarded time [math]t'[/math]
  • [math]\mathbf{\hat{\dot{r'}}}[/math] = velocity unit vector of [math]q'[/math] at retarded time [math]t'[/math]
  • [math]\mathbf{\hat{\ddot{r'}}}[/math] = acceleration unit vector of [math]q'[/math] at retarded time [math]t'[/math]

See also

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