College Physics ›› 2018, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (1): 4-10.doi: 10.16854 /j.cnki.1000-0712.170262-1

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Introduction to dimensional analysis

LIANG Can-bin,CAO zhou-jian,CHEN zhi-tao   

  • Received:2017-05-10 Online:2018-01-20 Published:2018-01-20

Abstract: A novel and systematic dimensional analysis is presented. A few new concepts such as “quantity class”and “class of unit systems”are coined, and a clear cut definition of “dimension”is provided. A self-contented proof of the theorem is presented based on these new concepts, and two examples illustrating the great power of the theorem are also given.

Key words: quantity, number, system of units , dimension.