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Absolute units, or natural units, are a system of units where certain dimensionful constants are set to 1. This often simplifies various formulae.
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Isn’t natural units prone to mistakes?
Suppose I am deriving a length contraction formula using natural units. If I arrive at $L = L_0 \sqrt{1 - v^2}$, I know that I should divide $v^2$ by $c^2$ to get the correct answer in SI units. But w …
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