The unit one, the neper, the bel and the future of the SI

Metrologia

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 543-549

  Valdes J ^a  

^a Inst Nacional de Metrologia Indust   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCIES; FUNCTIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OSCILLATORS (MECHANICAL);

DIMENSIONLESS UNITS; HARMONIC OSCILLATOR; NATURAL LOGARITHMS;

UNITS OF MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0036976016     PISSN: 00261394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0026-1394/39/6/5     Document Type: Article

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