From f7cd43da35d1fa6f5330351b05b004ef824d3b42 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mateusz Pusz Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2023 20:18:33 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] docs: linear algebra examples added to the "quantity value" in glossary --- docs/glossary.rst | 14 +++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/glossary.rst b/docs/glossary.rst index 67d2aaaf..df1ab9b2 100644 --- a/docs/glossary.rst +++ b/docs/glossary.rst @@ -73,9 +73,9 @@ ISO 80000 [1]_ definitions tensor character. - In a given `system of quantities`: - - `quantities ` of the same `kind` have the same quantity dimension, - - `quantities ` of different quantity dimensions are always of different `kinds `, - - `quantities ` having the same quantity dimension are not necessarily of the same `kind`. + - `quantities ` of the same `kind` have the same quantity dimension, + - `quantities ` of different quantity dimensions are always of different `kinds `, + - `quantities ` having the same quantity dimension are not necessarily of the same `kind`. quantity of dimension one dimensionless quantity @@ -168,7 +168,15 @@ ISO 80000 [1]_ definitions value of a quantity value - Number and reference together expressing magnitude of a `quantity`. + - The number can be complex. - A quantity value can be presented in more than one way. + - In the case of vector or tensor quantities, each component has a quantity value. + + - For example, force acting on a given particle, e.g. in Cartesian components + :math:`(F_x; F_y; F_z) = (−31,5; 43,2; 17,0) N`, where + :math:`(−31,5; 43,2; 17,0)` is a numerical-value vector and :math:`N` (newton) + is the unit, or :math:`(F_x; F_y; F_z) = (−31,5 N; 43,2 N; 17,0 N)` + where each component is a quantity. Other definitions