• @marcos@lemmy.world
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    244 months ago

    +1/2 h and -1/2 h

    Fucking hate the people that insist on using only half of the number as if it was a real value. At least say you are working with natural unities or something.

    " - How far is your house? - Oh, it’s just 5!"

    • @wolfpack86@lemmy.world
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      234 months ago

      Except in this context the question is “how many blocks away is your house?” Where “5” is a completely valid response

      • @marcos@lemmy.world
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        144 months ago

        Using “+1/2” and “-1/2” as vector labels is fine. Using it on the context of “the spin can have those 2 values here” for laypeople without further explanation is just making the subject less accessible.

        Also, yeah, I was too lazy to search for the unicode ħ.