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SticksandStones
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Something I've always wondered: how did Physicists and Mathematicians of years past discover equations with these integer (and even fraction) constants in them?
Take for example the mean-square-speed equation:
[tex]\mu \equiv \sqrt{\frac{3RT}{M_{m}}}[/tex]
or Kinetic Energy:
[tex]\frac{1}{2}mv^{2}[/tex]
How do they discover this 3 and .5? It seems arbitrary.
Take for example the mean-square-speed equation:
[tex]\mu \equiv \sqrt{\frac{3RT}{M_{m}}}[/tex]
or Kinetic Energy:
[tex]\frac{1}{2}mv^{2}[/tex]
How do they discover this 3 and .5? It seems arbitrary.