[sage-devel] Re: Some contributions to the "units" module

2010-08-22 Thread cousteau
On 22 ago, 15:41, Oscar Lazo wrote: > A general "physics" module would be nice too, we could put some other > things there once we are satisfied with units. In particular, I'd like > to see physical constants. So far i cannot get sage to render plank's > reduced constant as hbar. > > Cheers! > > O

[sage-devel] Re: Some contributions to the "units" module

2010-08-22 Thread Oscar Lazo
A general "physics" module would be nice too, we could put some other things there once we are satisfied with units. In particular, I'd like to see physical constants. So far i cannot get sage to render plank's reduced constant as hbar. Cheers! Oscar. On Aug 22, 5:30 am, cousteau wrote: > On 22

[sage-devel] Re: Some contributions to the "units" module

2010-08-22 Thread cousteau
On 22 ago, 06:20, Oscar Lazo wrote: > I will check this as soon as I can. I too was not very satisfied with > the units module. In particular, I did not like the way SI prefixes > are handled. Also, this: > > sage: m=units.length.m > sage: sqrt(m^2) > sqrt(meter^2) > > When I'd expect to get "mete

[sage-devel] Re: Some contributions to the "units" module

2010-08-21 Thread Oscar Lazo
BTW: I am perfectly willing to accept a complete replacement of the current units module (if the new one is better) although others might disagree... Would you want to include a metrology module if this replacement is not accepted? Oscar -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@goo

[sage-devel] Re: Some contributions to the "units" module

2010-08-21 Thread Oscar Lazo
I will check this as soon as I can. I too was not very satisfied with the units module. In particular, I did not like the way SI prefixes are handled. Also, this: sage: m=units.length.m sage: sqrt(m^2) sqrt(meter^2) When I'd expect to get "meter". Some features I'd like to see in a units module: