2021/08/13 by Michael Krystek, Michael P. Krystek, Krystek, Michael P.
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Classical mechanics #Electricity #Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies #FOS: Physical sciences #History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph) #Mathematical economics #Mathematical physics #Mathematics #Mathematics education #Maxwell's equations #Philosophy #Physics #Quantum mechanics #Statistics #Theoretical physics #Unit (ring theory) #Value (mathematics) #physics.hist-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2108.06125
arxiv created 2021/08/13 · openalex publication_date 2021/08/13 · arxiv updated 2021/08/16 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
In the scientific literature the equation Q=\Q\[Q] is frequently quoted, where Q denotes a quantity, \Q\ a numerical value, and [Q] a unit. During the last years some experts claimed, that this equation is due to James Clerk Maxwell. This is obvious, they say, from the opening sentences at the beginning of Maxwell's book "A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism". In this paper it will be shown that this view cannot be justified.