Re: Planck's constant U+210E

From: Andreas Prilop (nhtcapri@rrzn-user.uni-hannover.de)
Date: Thu Apr 20 2006 - 09:46:10 CST

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    On Thu, 20 Apr 2006, Deborah Goldsmith wrote:

    > To differentiate it for purposes of representing mathematics in plain
    > text.

    Planck's constant is physics, not mathematics.

    > U+1D452 MATHEMATICAL ITALIC SMALL E

    This is not specifically the elementary charge.

    > U+1D450 MATHEMATICAL ITALIC SMALL C

    This is not specifically the speed of light.

    > U+1D6FC MATHEMATICAL ITALIC SMALL ALPHA

    This is not specifically the fine structure constant.

    >> So what's this U+210E for?
    >
    > The same thing as the others: plain text representation of
    > mathematics. Note that there is not a MATHEMATICAL ITALIC SMALL H
    > precisely because U+210E exists.

    Do you mean U+210E should be used as a "*general* mathematical
    [or physical] italic small h"?
    Should it be used for, say, height?
    Should it be used for, say, specific enthalpy?

    If so, then U+210E is *not* Planck's constant.

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