Can Angles be Assigned a Dimension? - Comments

In summary, a discussion about the dimensionality of angles is taking place, with some proposing to give angles a dimension while others argue that angles are fundamentally different from quantities such as mass and should remain dimensionless. The concept of dimension and its properties are being discussed, including the need for an operation of comparison and an operation of addition, and the assumption that a physical dimension must admit an ordering. The topics of changing units and changing coordinates are also being considered in relation to the concept of dimension.
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Can Angles be Assigned a Dimension?

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What is the justification of the claim: "The cross product operator also has dimension Θ"?

If ##i## carries units, is there any meaning to (say) 1+##i##?
Note: in ##\exp (x)##, the ##x## must be dimensionless.
 
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Angles have the dimension of 1. That this is a true dimension can be seen from the fact that one measures angles in different units , namely either degrees or radians, and they convert into each other just like units for other dimensional quantities. Your ##\Theta## doesn't make sense unless it equals ##1## since for ##s=\sin\theta## to make sense, the dimension of ##\theta## must be ##1##.
 
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robphy said:
What is the justification of the claim: "The cross product operator also has dimension Θ"?
That is not a claim, it is part of the definition of Θ.
robphy said:
If i carries units, is there any meaning to (say) 1+i?
I'm not especially attached to the part relating to i. It is independent of the rest and probably needs more thought. There might be a way around the 1+i problem similar to how I resolved s = rθ, i.e. one would have to agree to treating complex algebra in a slightly different way.
robphy said:
Note: in exp (x), the x must be dimensionless
That's why I assigned i the dimension Θ, to make iθ dimensionless.
robphy said:
You might be interested in this old article from the American Journal of Physics.
http://scitation.aip.org/content/aapt/journal/ajp/65/7/10.1119/1.18616
"Angles—Let’s treat them squarely" by K. R. Brownstein
That sounds very much as though it is not a new idea, which is at once heartening and disappointing. Thanks for the reference.
A. Neumaier said:
Angles have the dimension of 1. That this is a true dimension
By definition, real numbers are dimensionless, so I do not understand what you mean by saying it is a true dimension. Indeed, the fact that angles have units but not dimension is somewhat awkward, as I mentioned in the article.
A. Neumaier said:
for s=sinθ to make sense, the dimension of θ must be 1.
Not if you redefine trig functions as taking arguments of dimension Θ, as I did.
 
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Angles can be defined as dimensionless quantities if one thinks of them as fractions of a circle (multiplied by the constant 2π).
 
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Ygggdrasil said:
Angles can be defined as dimensionless quantities if one thinks of them as fractions of a circle (multiplied by the constant 2π).
I don't understand your point. They are normally considered dimensionless anyway; I'm looking for a way to give them dimension.
Would thinking of all masses as fractions of 1kg make mass dimensionless?
 
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haruspex said:
I don't understand your point. They are normally considered dimensionless anyway; I'm looking for a way to give them dimension.
Would thinking of all masses as fractions of 1kg make mass dimensionless?

I guess I don't get the point of trying to give angles a dimension. Angles are defined as a ratio (arc length : circumference) which is a dimensionless quantity and seems fundamentally different than something like mass.
 
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Ygggdrasil said:
I guess I don't get the point of trying to give angles a dimension. Angles are defined as a ratio (arc length : circumference) which is a dimensionless quantity and seems fundamentally different than something like mass.
Fair question.
I have always found it a bit unsatisfactory that some quite different pairs of physical entity are dimensionally indistinguishable. I mentioned some in the post. There seemed to be something distinct about rotational entities, such as angular momentum, that was not captured by DA.
As regards utility, as I showed in the table, it can be added to normal DA for an extra bit (literally) of information.
 
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It would be nice to have a list of what axioms a "dimension" must satisfy. Until that is available, arguments about what is or isn't a dimension are going to be personal opinions.

A convenient online reference for dimensional analysis is http://web.mit.edu/2.25/www/pdf/DA_unified.pdf. However, I don't know whether the axioms stated in that work are standard - or appropriate.

For sake of discussion, consider what p10-11 of that book says about dimensions. It says that there must be an operation of comparison and an operation of addition defined on the dimension. All sorts of familiar ambiguities and confusions arise with angles because their "wrap-around" feature - e.g. is 360 degrees "equal" to zero degrees? Does the sum ##\pi## radians + ##\pi## radians have a unique answer ? - i.e. are ##2\pi## radians and zero radians physically distinct ? If we assume there is an "addition" is defined for dimensions, are we assuming (as we do in mathematics) that a sum is unique ?

Page 11 postulates that physical dimension must admit an ordering:
the concept of larger and smaller for like quantities (if there exists a finite B such that A+B=C then C > A)

To me, this is troublesome assumption for any dimension (including mass, length, time) where we wish to give a negative quantity a physical interpretation. For example, is " - 10 meters" a physical quantity ? If we consider "-10 meters" a finite physical quantity then the above assumption let's us conclude things like 15 meters + (-10 meters) = 5 meters, so 15 meters < 5 meters.

The topics of "changing units" and "changing coordinates" are usually treated as different subjects. Are they really different concepts ? Sometime as "change of units" can involve more than mutiplying by a factor (e.g. converting degrees centigrade to degrees Kelvin). In a coordinate system for a "thing" it is permissible for the same thing to have several sets of different coordinates. Does saying something is a "dimension" imply that there exists a coordinate system for measuring it where each distinct description in coordinates represents a different physical situation ?
 
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Angles are ratios, parts of a circle. Neither angles nor ratios have a dimension.

Polynomials and dimensions are incompatible. Transcendental functions that are approximated by polynomials must have dimensionless inputs and outputs.
 
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Baluncore said:
Angles are ratios, parts of a circle.
A ratio can have no dimension since it must be a ratio of two things of the same dimension. But at an angle is not a ratio. You can say it is a certain fraction of a complete circle, but whether that has dimension depends on whether you consider the complete circle as having a dimension. You are not used to thinking of it that way, but that does not mean it cannot be done.
Baluncore said:
Polynomials and dimensions are incompatible.
Not if the dimension has the unusual property that it becomes dimensionless when raised to some finite power. The ϑ2=1 axiom means that a polynomial function of an angle is fine if all the terms are even powers (dimensionless result) or all odd powers (result of dimension ϑ).
 
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haruspex said:
A ratio can have no dimension since it must be a ratio of two things of the same dimension. But at an angle is not a ratio. You can say it is a certain fraction of a complete circle, but whether that has dimension depends on whether you consider the complete circle as having a dimension. You are not used to thinking of it that way, but that does not mean it cannot be done.
Which circle are you referring to?
The unit circle? Or maybe the circle of radius 7?
One feature of the angle measure (defined as the ratio of circular-arc-length to radius) is that it is independent of the circle used to make that measurement.
In this general discussion, one needs to distinguish an "angle" from an "angle measure".

Certainly, you can try to make definitions... but they have to lead to a consistent system.
At this stage, my question of the consistency of "1+i" in post 2 stands out as still unresolved, despite your reply in post 5.
 
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Baluncore said:
Polynomials and dimensions are incompatible. Transcendental functions that are approximated by polynomials must have dimensionless inputs and outputs.

I'm curious why you say that polynomials are incompatible with dimensions. Coefficients of different powers of x in a polynomial can be assigned different dimensions, so that each power of x is converted to the same dimension.

If we have an equation that describes a dimensioned physical quantity as a power series, aren't we assigning different dimensions to each coefficient in the power series ?
 
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robphy said:
Which circle are you referring to?
The unit circle? Or maybe the circle of radius 7?
You could also ask "The unit circle with center (0,0)? The unit circle with center (15,12)?"

One feature of the angle measure (defined as the ratio of circular-arc-length to radius) is that it is independent of the circle used to make that measurement.
You have to use a circle with its center at the vertex of the angle, so the measurement process isn't really independent of which circle is used unless we think of "a circle" as a portable measuring instrument, just as we think of a meter stick as portable measuring instrument.

If we have an object that moves along a path, to measure the property of the path called its "total length" with a meter stick, we have to move the meter stick to various locations on the path. If we are dealing with an object moving in a circular path and want to measure a property of the path called the "total angle swept out", we may need a measuring instrument that can produce results greater than 360 deg. Such a measuring instrument could involve a circle, but it would have to have the added feature of keeping track of arc lengths greater than ##2\pi##.

In this general discussion, one needs to distinguish an "angle" from an "angle measure".

I agree. It's the distinction between "a dimension" (e.g. length) and "a unit of measure" (e.g. meters).
 
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Stephen Tashi said:
You could also ask "The unit circle with center (0,0)? The unit circle with center (15,12)?"You have to use a circle with its center at the vertex of the angle, so the measurement process isn't really independent of which circle is used unless we think of "a circle" as a portable measuring instrument, just as we think of a meter stick as portable measuring instrument.

[snip]

Yes, but I didn't think I had to make further clarification on this. Shall we bring up issues of parallel transport on a non-Euclidean space as well?
I would hope that when one says "arc-length divided by radius" that the rest of this is assumed.

[snip]
I agree. It's the distinction between "a dimension" (e.g. length) and "a unit of measure" (e.g. meters).

My distinction is this... If two lines (or two segments) meet at a point, then one can talk about the angle [or an angle] at the location where the two lines meet, labeled by the vertex (call it) C or that vertex with a two points, one on each segment--like ACB. Before somehow specifying an angle-measure, one could talk about all sorts of properties of angles at this stage. Then, when introducing an angle-measure, it probably should be explicitly defined---maybe operationally.

Given two lines (or line segments) meeting at a point, one could define an angle-measure the usual way (essentially with a circular protractor, appropriately calibrated in the likely possibility that protractors have different radii), or maybe in a different way (e.g. https://mathnow.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/a-rational-parameterization-of-the-unit-circle/ ) although it might not give your angle-measure the desired properties of additivity, or maybe using a hyperbolic-protractor (as one might use in special relativity).
Issues of "units of angle-measure" come into play here.
But all of this "angle-measure" discussion is distinct from the "angle" discussion in the previous paragraph.
 
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robphy said:
Before somehow specifying an angle-measure, one could talk about all sorts of properties of angles at this stage. Then, when introducing an angle-measure, it probably should be explicitly defined---maybe operationally.

But all of this "angle-measure" discussion is distinct from the "angle" discussion in the previous paragraph.
Let me see if I understand you viewpoint.

In the PDF linked in the Insight and post #10, the author, A. Sonin, makes a distinction among:
1) A physical object or phenomena (e.g. a stick)
2) A "dimension", which is a property of a physical object or phenomena (e.g. length)
3) A "unit of measure", which is a way to quantify a dimension (e.g. meters)

The author is careful to point out that a "dimension" is not a physical phenomena. It is a property of a physical phenomena.

You describe "an angle" in mathematical terms, but since you say an "angle" can have various properties, I think you mean an "angle" to denote a physical phenomena, which is alternative 1)

When you say "angle measure", I'm not sure whether you mean alternative 3) or alternative 2). But does alternative 3) (units of measure) make any sense without the existence of alternative 2) (dimension) ?

As I mentioned previously, I haven't yet seen a precise statement of what mathematical or physical properties a "dimension" must have. I don't know whether other thread participants agree with those listed by A. Sonin.

In regards to "dimensionless ratios", a dimensionless ratio can associated with a property of a physical object. Different dimensionless ratios can be associated with different properties (e.g. height of a person/ length of that persons right leg, weight of a person now / weight of that person at birth). "Dimensionless ratios" can obviously be quantified. So it is rather confusing to consider the question of whether a "dimensionless ratio" is (or isn't) associated with a "dimension".
 
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haruspex said:
Not if you redefine trig functions as taking arguments of dimension Θ, as I did.

It's interesting to consider the distinction between a mathematical definition of a function and a physical definition of a function. To define ##\sin(\theta)## mathematically (i.e. a mapping from real numbers to real numbers) one would have to unambiguously answer questions like "What is ##\sin(0.35)##?" without any discussion of "units of measure" - e.g. 0.35 deg vs 0.35 radians. From a mathematical point of view, ##\sin(\theta\ deg)## and ##\sin(\theta\ radians)## are different functions, even though we use the ambiguous notation ##\sin(\theta)## to denote both of them. Only the family of trig functions where ##\theta## is measured in radians satisfy mathematical laws like ##D sin(\theta) = cos(\theta)##.

To give a physical law in the form of a function we may do it by assuming certain units of measure. Then it is assumed that changing the units of measure appropriately produces a new mathematical function which states the same physical law. So a physical definition of a function defines a set of different mathematical functions that are regarded as physically equivalent.

The physical definition of ##\sin(\theta)## defines a set of different, but physically equivalent mathematical functions.
 
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Stephen Tashi said:
Let me see if I understand you viewpoint.

In the PDF linked in the Insight and post #10, the author, A. Sonin, makes a distinction among:
1) A physical object or phenomena (e.g. a stick)
2) A "dimension", which is a property of a physical object or phenomena (e.g. length)
3) A "unit of measure", which is a way to quantify a dimension (e.g. meters)

The author is careful to point out that a "dimension" is not a physical phenomena. It is a property of a physical phenomena.

You describe "an angle" in mathematical terms, but since you say an "angle" can have various properties, I think you mean an "angle" to denote a physical phenomena, which is alternative 1)
...
[snip]
...

I didn't read the PDF. So, I can't answer your questions using that author's distinctions.
I think the bottom line here is: clearly define terms, especially when one is trying to change definitions.
 
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Stephen Tashi said:
It's interesting to consider the distinction between a mathematical definition of a function and a physical definition of a function. To define ##\sin(\theta)## mathematically (i.e. a mapping from real numbers to real numbers) one would have to unambiguously answer questions like "What is ##\sin(0.35)##?" without any discussion of "units of measure" - e.g. 0.35 deg vs 0.35 radians. From a mathematical point of view, ##\sin(\theta\ deg)## and ##\sin(\theta\ radians)## are different functions, even though we use the ambiguous notation ##\sin(\theta)## to denote both of them. Only the family of trig functions where ##\theta## is measured in radians satisfy mathematical laws like ##D sin(\theta) = cos(\theta)##.

To give a physical law in the form of a function we may do it by assuming certain units of measure. Then it is assumed that changing the units of measure appropriately produces a new mathematical function which states the same physical law. So a physical definition of a function defines a set of different mathematical functions that are regarded as physically equivalent.

The physical definition of ##\sin(\theta)## defines a set of different, but physically equivalent mathematical functions.
Yes, I think that is why I have never been satisfied with the view that angles are utterly dimensionless.
robphy said:
Which circle are you referring to?
Whatever circle Baluncore had in mind.
robphy said:
At this stage, my question of the consistency of "1+i" in post 2 stands out as still unresolved, despite your reply in post 5.
I haven't forgotten this. I want to take a look at the Brownstein article first.
 
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Raising a dimensioned entity to a power is fine, because we can still express the dimensions of the result. For other functions, such as exp, log and trig functions, it is more problematic. If you ever find you have an equation of the form ##e^x##, where ##x## has dimension, you can be pretty sure you have erred.

I was not aware of this fact. Very interesting.
 
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If you ever find you have an equation of the form ##e^x## where ##x## has dimension, you can be pretty sure you have erred.
Drakkith said:
I was not aware of this fact. Very interesting.

Is it also an error to have a term ##e^c## where c is a constant with dimensions?

The Poisson distribution has density ##f(k) = \frac{ \lambda^k e^{-\lambda}}{k!}## where ##\lambda## is "The average number of events in the interval". So I assume ##\lambda## has a dimension since "the interval" might mean 1 second or 1 hour etc.. How are the dimensions going to work out in that formula?

Oh well, maybe the whole idea of probability is an error - God doesn't play dice etc.
 
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I agree with Baluncore - angles are ratios, so they do not have a dimension.
 
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Stephen Tashi said:
Is it also an error to have a term ##e^c## where c is a constant with dimensions?

The Poisson distribution has density ##f(k) = \frac{ \lambda^k e^{-\lambda}}{k!}## where ##\lambda## is "The average number of events in the interval". So I assume ##\lambda## has a dimension since "the interval" might mean 1 second or 1 hour etc.. How are the dimensions going to work out in that formula? .
That is because some interval has been fixed upon, making λ purely a number. If you want to vary the interval you can make λ a rate:
##f(k, t) = \frac{ (\lambda t)^k e^{-\lambda t}}{k!}##
 
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atyy said:
angles are ratios
As I thought I showed, you can think of them as fractions of a standard angle, but that does not make them ratios.
Baluncore's argument could equally well be applied to masses: All masses can be thought of as a fraction of a standard kilogram mass. If that makes it a ratio then masses are dimensionless.
 
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robphy said:
If i carries units, is there any meaning to (say) 1+i?
The + in 1+i is a different beast from that in 1+1. The 1 and the i retain their separate identities. That we write the sum of a real and an imaginary that way is mere convenience. We could instead have the notation <x,y> to represent complex numbers. Addition would be just like vectors, but a unique rule for multiplication.
So the fact that we write 1+i creates no diffiiculty. This kind of addition can cope with adding items of different dimension. That is, to fit with the ϑ Dimension concept, I could define a complex number as an ordered pair, one of 0 dimension and one of dimension ϑ.
 
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haruspex said:
That is because some interval has been fixed upon
But what would we mean by "fixed upon"? If we are doing a physics problem, does "fixing upon" an interval of 1 meter give different numerical results than fixing upon an interval of 1 kilometer ? If someone determines an equation with a given ##\lambda## applies when the units of length are meters, shouldn't we be able to to deduce what equation applies when the units of length are kilometers by the usual conversion of units ?
If you want to vary the interval you can make λ a rate:
##f(k, t) = \frac{ (\lambda t)^k e^{-\lambda t}}{k!}##
Doesn't "varying" the interval require having some reference length stated in particular units to vary it from? If ##\lambda## is dimensionless, then ##\lambda t## presumably has a dimension of time [T].
 
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atyy said:
I agree with Baluncore - angles are ratios, so they do not have a dimension.

If we consider an angle as some sort of physical object, it is more than a ratio. For example, it has a vertex and sides. According the book by A. Sonin, a dimension is a property of an object. There can be properties of an object that have "dimension 1", meaning that in manipulations with the dimension of that property we use "1" rather than [M],[L],[T] etc.

(So far, although thread participants are willing to take definite sides on the question of whether the particular property of angles that we measure in degrees has (or does not have) a dimension of 1 , nobody has ventured to state what the criteria are for something to be "a dimension" or what criteria determine whether a dimension must be "1". So I'm still going by Sonin's book even though I find it unclear on the mathematical axioms.)
 
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Stephen Tashi said:
does "fixing upon" an interval of 1 meter give different numerical results than fixing upon an interval of 1 kilometer ?
In your Poisson example, yes. λ was specified as the average number of events in some unstated but fixed interval. It was not the rate of events, so was indeed dimensionless. If you change the interval (but keep the same process) then λ will change.
Stephen Tashi said:
Doesn't "varying" the interval require having some reference length stated in particular units to vary it from? If λ is dimensionless, then λt presumably has a dimension of time [T]
If you allow for different intervals then, as I posted, you must change the definition of λ to be a rate. So λt is dimensionless.
 
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haruspex said:
In your Poisson example, yes. λ was specified as the average number of events in some unstated but fixed interval.
But if I am stating an equation that describes a physical situation, I can't get away with giving an equation that applies to an unstated interval.

Suppose the equation that fits my experimental data is ##f(k) = \frac{ (2.3)^k e^{-2.3}}{k!} ## and an experimenter attempts to duplicate my results. He uses an interval of 10 seconds to define ##\lambda##. In order to compare his results to mine, he needs to know what interval I used. He asks me and I tell him "My interval was 5 seconds long". The version of my equation that he can check against his data is ##f(k) = \frac{(4.6)^k e^{-4.6}}{k!} ##.

Are we to say that this conversion of equations takes place by some method other than by converting units using conversion factors ?

One may object: "You should have reported your equation in dimensionless form". That would side-step the need to convert units. However, reporting results in dimensionless form isn't a requirement in science.
 
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Stephen Tashi said:
But if I am stating an equation that describes a physical situation, I can't get away with giving an equation that applies to an unstated interval.

Suppose the equation that fits my experimental data is ##f(k) = \frac{ (2.3)^k e^{-2.3}}{k!} ## and an experimenter attempts to duplicate my results. He uses an interval of 10 seconds to define ##\lambda##. In order to compare his results to mine, he needs to know what interval I used. He asks me and I tell him "My interval was 5 seconds long". The version of my equation that he can check against his data is ##f(k) = \frac{(4.6)^k e^{-4.6}}{k!} ##.

Are we to say that this conversion of equations takes place by some method other than by converting units using conversion factors ?

One may object: "You should have reported your equation in dimensionless form". That would side-step the need to convert units. However, reporting results in dimensionless form isn't a requirement in science.
I'm sorry, I am not grasping your point.
If the two experiments concern the same underlying process, presumably the rates should be the same. Therefore the "correct" version of the equation would make λ that rate and have λt everywhere that your equation has just λ. λt is dimensionless, as required.
The version of the equation in your post #25 can be likened to rating the top speed of a car as the number of kilometres it can go in a standard interval of one hour. That does not mean its speed has only a length dimension.
 
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haruspex said:
I'm sorry, I am not grasping your point.
Lets try this: Suppose there is a random variable X , measured in meters, that has its density defined on interval ## [0, \ln (2) ] ## by ##f(x) = C( 2 - e^{x}) ## where ##C## is the normalizing constant ##\int_{ 0}^{ln (2)} {(2 - e^ {x})} dx##.

A experimenter who measures ##X## in centimeters can convert the above density function to the appropriate density for##X## when ##X## is measured in centimeters. I agree that assigning units to the left and right hand sides of ##f(x) = C( 2 - e^{x})## is a confusing or impossible task. But I don't agree that the ##e^x## in the equation implies that the equation describes a physically impossible situation or that it makes it impossible for a experimenter measuring X in different units to convert the above density to his system of measurement.
 
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I have a related question for everybody. Does the dimensional analysis belongs to mathematics? Or should it be considered as a part of physics? Can the notion of dimension (like meter or second) make sense without referring to a physical measurement?
 
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Demystifier said:
I have a related question for everybody. Does the dimensional analysis belongs to mathematics? Or should it be considered as a part of physics? Can the notion of dimension (like meter or second) make sense without referring to a physical measurement?
Preferably it belongs to physics. Otherwise, I am afraid that your next question will be: "To which category of mathematics does it belong?" :wink:
 
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<h2>1. Can angles be assigned a dimension?</h2><p>Yes, angles can be assigned a dimension. In geometry, angles are measured in degrees or radians, which are units of measurement for angles. This means that angles have a numerical value and can be compared to other angles based on their measurement.</p><h2>2. What is the dimension of an angle?</h2><p>The dimension of an angle is one. This is because an angle is a two-dimensional shape that is formed by two intersecting lines. However, the measurement of an angle can vary and is not considered a dimension.</p><h2>3. Are angles considered one-dimensional or two-dimensional?</h2><p>Angles are considered two-dimensional because they are formed by two intersecting lines. However, they are not considered a dimension in the same way that length, width, and height are dimensions in three-dimensional shapes.</p><h2>4. How are angles measured?</h2><p>Angles are measured in degrees or radians. A degree is a unit of measurement that represents 1/360th of a full rotation, while a radian is a unit of measurement that represents the angle subtended by an arc of a circle whose length is equal to the radius of the circle.</p><h2>5. Can angles be compared to other shapes in terms of dimension?</h2><p>No, angles cannot be compared to other shapes in terms of dimension. As mentioned earlier, angles are not considered a dimension in the same way that length, width, and height are dimensions in three-dimensional shapes. They are a two-dimensional shape formed by intersecting lines and are measured in degrees or radians.</p>

1. Can angles be assigned a dimension?

Yes, angles can be assigned a dimension. In geometry, angles are measured in degrees or radians, which are units of measurement for angles. This means that angles have a numerical value and can be compared to other angles based on their measurement.

2. What is the dimension of an angle?

The dimension of an angle is one. This is because an angle is a two-dimensional shape that is formed by two intersecting lines. However, the measurement of an angle can vary and is not considered a dimension.

3. Are angles considered one-dimensional or two-dimensional?

Angles are considered two-dimensional because they are formed by two intersecting lines. However, they are not considered a dimension in the same way that length, width, and height are dimensions in three-dimensional shapes.

4. How are angles measured?

Angles are measured in degrees or radians. A degree is a unit of measurement that represents 1/360th of a full rotation, while a radian is a unit of measurement that represents the angle subtended by an arc of a circle whose length is equal to the radius of the circle.

5. Can angles be compared to other shapes in terms of dimension?

No, angles cannot be compared to other shapes in terms of dimension. As mentioned earlier, angles are not considered a dimension in the same way that length, width, and height are dimensions in three-dimensional shapes. They are a two-dimensional shape formed by intersecting lines and are measured in degrees or radians.

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