Physlib.Electromagnetism.Charge.ChargeUnit
The units of charge
A unit of charge corresponding to a choice of translationally-invariant metric on the charge manifold (to be defined diffeomorphic to `ℝ`). Such a choice is (non-canonically) equivalent to a choice of positive real number. We define the type `ChargeUnit` to be equivalent to the positive reals.
We assume that the charge manifold is already defined with an orientation, with the electron being in the negative direction.
On `ChargeUnit` there is an instance of division giving a real number, corresponding to the ratio of the two scales of temperature unit.
To define specific charge units, we first state the existence of a a given charge unit, and then construct all other charge units from it. We choose to state the existence of the charge unit of the coulomb, and construct all other charge units from that.
Division of ChargeUnit
The scaling of a charge unit
Specific choices of charge units
We define specific choices of charge units. We first define the notion of a columb to correspond to the charge unit with underlying value equal to `1`. This is really down to a choice in the isomorphism between the set of metrics on the charge manifold and the positive reals.
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The numerical value of a charge unit is non-zero ()
For any electric charge unit , its underlying numerical real value is not equal to zero.
Numerical values of charge units are positive ()
For any unit of electric charge , its underlying numerical real value is strictly positive, i.e., .
`ChargeUnit` has a default value of
The type `ChargeUnit` represents the set of possible units for electric charge, which are modeled as positive real numbers . The statement establishes that `ChargeUnit` is inhabited, meaning it possesses a default element. This default element is defined to have the underlying numerical value , which, according to the provided context, corresponds to the unit of the coulomb.
Division of charge units as a ratio in
For any two units of charge , the quotient is defined as the ratio of their underlying positive real values , resulting in a non-negative real number in .
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For any two charge units , the quotient is equal to the ratio of their underlying numerical values , considered as a non-negative real number in . Here, and represent the positive real numbers associated with the units and respectively.
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For any two units of charge , their quotient is not equal to zero in the non-negative real numbers . Here, the quotient represents the ratio of the underlying positive real values associated with each charge unit.
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For any two units of charge , their quotient is strictly greater than zero in the non-negative real numbers . Here, the quotient represents the ratio of the underlying positive real values associated with each charge unit.
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For any unit of charge , the ratio is equal to .
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For any two units of charge , the ratio is equal to the multiplicative inverse of the ratio , which is expressed as in the non-negative real numbers .
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For any three units of charge , the product of the ratio and the ratio is equal to the ratio , where these ratios are treated as real numbers.
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For any unit of charge and any positive real number (), scaling the unit by the factor (denoted as ) and then dividing by the original unit yields the ratio as a non-negative real number:
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Let be a unit of charge (). For any positive real number , let denote the charge unit scaled by the factor . The ratio of the original unit to its scaled version is given by: where the division represents the ratio of their underlying values as a non-negative real number in .
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Let be a unit of charge (). Scaling the charge unit by a factor of results in the original charge unit:
The ratio of scaled charge units
Let and be units of charge (). For any positive real numbers , let denote the scaling of a charge unit by a factor . The ratio of the two scaled units satisfies: where the division of two charge units represents the ratio of their underlying values as a non-negative real number in .
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Let be a unit of charge (). For any positive real numbers , let denote the scaling of a charge unit by a factor . Successively scaling a charge unit by a factor and then by a factor is equivalent to scaling the original unit by the product :
The coulomb unit of charge
The coulomb is defined as the specific element of the type `ChargeUnit` that corresponds to the numerical value . In this context, the type `ChargeUnit` is modeled as the set of positive real numbers .
The elementary charge unit ( coulombs)
The elementary charge is defined as the unit of charge obtained by scaling the `coulombs` unit by the factor . Within the model where the type `ChargeUnit` is identified with the set of positive real numbers and the `coulombs` unit corresponds to the value , the elementary charge represents the value .
