2009/4/7 flyeng4 <flye...@gmail.com>

>
> I am trying to understand physics.units.  Here is an ipython session
> illustrating my mental block
>
> In [32]: from sympy.physics.units import *
>
> In [33]: V/ohm
> Out[33]: A         <-- This makes sense.
>
> In [34]: A*ohm
> Out[34]: m**2*kg/(A*s**3)  <-- Why not 'V'?
>
> In [35]: V/A
> Out[35]: m**2*kg/(A**2*s**3)  <-- Why not 'ohm'?
>
> In [36]: W/A
> Out[36]: m**2*kg/(A*s**3)  <-- Why not 'V'>
>
> In [37]: V/ohm
> Out[37]: A       <-- Again this makes sense.
>
> In [38]: W/V
> Out[38]: A   <--  This makes sense.
>
> In [40]: 1/s
> Out[40]: 1/s <-- Makes sense but might be 'hz'?
>
> In [42]: sympy.__version__
> Out[42]: '0.6.4.beta1'
>
> Can someone explain this behavior and maybe shed some light on how I
> could get this to work the way that I think it should?
>
> Thanks,
> Bill



Hello Bill,
I think it's because sympy uses the international system of units, look at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SI#Units

Cheers,
Riccardo

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