A logic of dimensional analysis

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, , Citation J C Gibbings 1982 J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 15 1991 DOI 10.1088/0305-4470/15/7/011

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A listing is proposed for the steps in the logic of dimensional analysis. Starting with the definition of a physical concept, the arguments proceed through the principles of measurement, by the specification of dimensional equality and the subsequent limitations of functional operations up to a derivation of the Pi-theorem of this analysis.

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