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It's not equal to C, as such. It's a unit vector, and physicists working with relativity habitually set C=1 to make the equations simpler. That being said, it
by Filligree 6y ago
It's not equal to C, as such.
It's a unit vector, and physicists working with relativity habitually set C=1 to make the equations simpler. That being said, it isn't really a vector -- it's just a direction. The "equal to C" bit is a mathematical artifact of both vectors being normalized.
- andi999 6y agoWell, c is the conversion factor between our length and time measurement. For me, I am ok not to measure time in meter, so c can stay.