Bully Metric
Six base units are included in the Bully Metric system. Three variants of the apan (amount metric) are defined as space-time units. Two variants of the nat are defined as transformation units. The symbol "e" is used to represent one elementary charge (the charge of a single electron).
The time-pan (or time apan) (symbol ta) is by definition exactly 30.55 picoseconds. The length-pan (or light-pan or light apan) (symbol la) is by definition the distance light travels in vacuum in 30.55 picoseconds. The gravitational mass-pan (or mass apan) (symbol ma) is by definition the mass an object would have if its standard gravitational parameter (μ = MG) were equal to the speed of light in vacuum cubed, multiplied by 30.55 picoseconds.
The info-nat (or entropy-nat) (symbol En) is defined such that for an ideal gas in a given macrostate, the entropy of the gas divided by the natural logarithm of the number of real microstates would be equivalent to one info-nat.
The action-nat (symbol An), and elementary charge (symbol e), are defined such that if a Josephson Junction were exposed to microwave radiation of frequency 2 / 30.55 picoseconds (≈ 65.4664484 gigahertz), then the junction would form equidistant Shapiro steps with separation of 2π action-nats per time-pan electron. Also,the quantum Hall effect shall have resistance steps of multiples of 2π action-nats per electron squared.
ta = 30.55 picoseconds (exact) la = c × 30.55 picoseconds (exact) = 9.1586595919 millimeters (exact) ma = (c3 / G) × 30.55 picoseconds (exact) ≈ 12.3330 ronnagrams (approximate) En = 1.380649×10−23 J/K (exact) An = 4 / (2π × KJ2 × RJ) (exact) = 1.05457182 × 10-34 joule second (approximate) e = 2 / (KJ × RJ) (exact) = 1.60217663 × 10-19 coulombs (approximate)
2π An / (ta e) = 2 / (KJ × 30.55 picoseconds) (exact) ≈ 135.373738034 microvolts (approximate) 2π An / e2 = (RJ) (exact) = 25812.8074593 Ω (approximate)
The above definitions ensure normalization of the speed of light, Newton's gravitational constant, the Boltzmann constant, the reduced Planck constant, and the elementary charge when using Bully units:
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The Bully system includes units of transformation which are defined by analogy with units of information. These include the nat (n), bit (b), trit(t), and dit or digit (d). For each type of transformation unit, one may convert from nats to bits, trits, or dits, by multiplication with the natural logarithm as shown below:
b = n × loge(2) t = n × loge(3) d = n × loge(10) where loge is the natural logarithm.
The above definitions ensure normalization of Boltzmann's constant and Planck's constant when using Bully units:
kB = 1.0 Tn (exact)
= 1.0 An (exact)
Planck units and the Bully Metric
The following (table 1) was taken from the Wikipedia Planck units article:
Name | Expression | Value (SI units) |
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\frac{Planck time}{time apan} | 5.391247(60)×10−44 s | |
Planck length | 1.616255(18)×10−35 m | |
Planck mass | 2.176434(24)×10-8 kg | |
Planck temperature | 1.416784(16)×1032 K |
Since c and G are normalized in the Bully system, this ensures that Bully units should have a simple relationship with Planck's units. As illustrated below, multiplying each SI value from Table 1 by 566.66, results in the corresponding Bully value multiplied by 10-30:
566.66 × tP = 566.66 × 5.391247(60)×10−44 s = 3055.004(34)×10−44 s = 30.55004(34)×10−30 ps = 1.00001(11)×10−30 ta
566.66 × lP = 566.66 × 1.616255(18)×10−35 m = 915.867(10)×10−35 m = 9.15867(10)×10−30 mm = 1.00001(11)×10−30 la
566.66 × mP = 566.66 × 2.176434(24)×10-8 kg = 1233.298(14)×10−8 kg = 12.33298(14)×10−30 rg = 1.00001(11)×10−30 ma
SI prefixes will have the same meaning and conventions when used with apan variants as they have when used with standard SI units (see table in subsequent section for a list of SI prefixes). The "quecto" (symbol "q") metric prefix means 10-30. The relationship between Bully units and Planck's units can be summarized as:
566.66 × tP = 1.00001(11) qta 566.66 × lP = 1.00001(11) qla 566.66 × mP = 1.00001(11) qma
Planck units are understood to represent the smallest meaningful size of each quantity. For example, the Planck length is the smallest possible length because looking at small objects requires energy. If one were to build a microscope powerful enough to see objects of Planck length or smaller, the microscope would use so much energy that a black hole would form. In terms of Bully units, the "quecto" of each unit is 566.66 times larger than the absolute minimum size for that unit.
The Planck mass may seem unexpectedly large for a minimum mass value, but keep in mind that in this case the unit is for gravitational mass. There obviously are well defined and detectable masses that are smaller than the Planck mass (for example the electron and proton masses), but the Planck mass represents the boundary between gravitational mass and quantum mass. If an object has a mass larger than the Planck mass then gravitational effects will dominate. If the mass is smaller than the Planck mass then quantum mechanical effects will dominate.
The apan prefix table
Prefix | Base 10 | Spacetime Symbols | Other Symbols | ||||||
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Name | Symbol | Time | Length | Mass | Action | Info | Charge | ||
quetta | Q | 1030 | Qta | Qla | Qma | QAn | Qn | Qe | |
ronna | R | 1027 | Rta | Rla | Rma | ||||
yotta | Y | 1024 | Yta | Yla | Yma | ||||
zetta | Z | 1021 | Zta | Zla | Zma | ||||
exa | E | 1018 | Eta | Ela | Ema | ||||
peta | P | 1015 | Pta | Pla | Pma | ||||
tera | T | 1012 | Tta | Tla | Tma | ||||
giga | G | 109 | Gta | Gla | Gma | ||||
mega | M | 106 | Mta | Mla | Mma | ||||
kilo | k | 103 | kta | kla | kma | ||||
— | — | 100 | ta | la | ma | ||||
milli | m | 10−3 | mta | mla | mma | ||||
micro | μ | 10−6 | μta | μla | μma | ||||
nano | n | 10−9 | nta | nla | nma | ||||
pico | p | 10−12 | pta | pla | pma | ||||
femto | f | 10−15 | fta | fla | fma | ||||
atto | a | 10−18 | ata | ala | ama | ||||
zepto | z | 10−21 | zta | zla | zma | ||||
yocto | y | 10−24 | yta | yla | yma | ||||
ronto | r | 10−27 | rta | rla | rma | ||||
quecto | q | 10−30 | qta | qla | qma | ||||
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Calc Table
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The 'Bully Metric is an extremely efficient set of time and distance measurement units for representing earth's physical parameters. Bully units can efficiently represent the Earth's sidereal year and tropical year to eight digits; The Bully Metric can also efficiently represent four digit approximations for the Earth's radius (r ≈ 6371), Schwarzschild radius (R), standard gravitational parameter (μ = MG ≈ 3.984e14), and a typical gravitational acceleration on earth's surface (g ≈ 9.813 ).
The Bully Constants
There are a surprising number of physical constants that can be approximated using various algebraic combinations of the following four numbers (click here to learn more):
1.033 30.55 2 0.00004
Sidereal year
The number of seconds in the Earth's sidereal year can be approximated as:
Tropical year
The number of seconds in the Earth's tropical year can be approximated as:
Great year
The number of tropical years in a Great Year can be approximated as:
Earth's radius (r)
An approximate relationship of the speed of light to the Earth's radius (r):
Earth's Schwarzschild radius (R)
An approximate relationship of the speed of light to the Earth's Schwarzschild radius (R):
Earth's standard gravitational parameter (μ = MG)
An approximate relationship of the speed of light to the Earth's standard gravitational parameter (μ = MG):
Earth's gravity (g)
A typical gravitational acceleration on earth's surface can be approximated as:
Definition of the apan
The above approximations for earth's physical parameters can be further simplified by introducing new measurement units. The apan will be defined with two variants. The time apan (symbol ta) is by definition exactly 30.55 picoseconds. The length apan (or light apan) (symbol la) is by definition the distance light travels in vacuum in exactly 30.55 picoseconds.
SI prefixes will have the same meaning and conventions when used with the apan as the have when used with standard SI units (see table in subsequent section). For example:
One million ta = 1,000,000 ta = 1 mega time apan = 1 Mta = 30.55 μs One million la = 1,000,000 la = 1 mega light apan = 1 Mla = 9.1586595919 km
Approximations for earth's physical parameters can be written in terms of the apan as follows:
Sidereal year
The number of seconds in the Earth's sidereal year can be approximated as:
Tropical year
The number of seconds in the Earth's tropical year can be approximated as:
Earth's radius (r)
An apan based approximation of Earth's radius (r):
Earth's Schwarzschild radius (R)
An apan based approximation of the Earth's Schwarzschild radius (R):
Earth's standard gravitational parameter (μ = MG)
An apan based approximation of the Earth's standard gravitational parameter (μ = MG):
Earth's gravity (g)
A typical gravitational acceleration on earth's surface can be approximated as:
The apan prefix table
Prefix | Base 10 | Bully Metric | SI Equivalent | |||
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Name | Symbol | Time | Length | Time | Length | |
quetta | Q | 1030 | Qta | Qla | 30.55 Es | 9.1586595919 Rm |
ronna | R | 1027 | Rta | Rla | 30.55 Ps | 9.1586595919 Ym |
yotta | Y | 1024 | Yta | Yla | 30.55 Ts | 9.1586595919 Zm |
zetta | Z | 1021 | Zta | Zla | 30.55 Gs | 9.1586595919 Em |
exa | E | 1018 | Eta | Ela | 30.55 Ms | 9.1586595919 Pm |
peta | P | 1015 | Pta | Pla | 30.55 ks | 9.1586595919 Tm |
tera | T | 1012 | Tta | Tla | 30.55 s | 9.1586595919 Gm |
giga | G | 109 | Gta | Gla | 30.55 ms | 9.1586595919 Mm |
mega | M | 106 | Mta | Mla | 30.55 μs | 9.1586595919 km |
kilo | k | 103 | kta | kla | 30.55 ns | 9.1586595919 m |
— | — | 100 | ta | la | 30.55 ps | 9.1586595919 mm |
milli | m | 10−3 | mta | mla | 30.55 fs | 9.1586595919 μm |
micro | μ | 10−6 | μta | μla | 30.55 as | 9.1586595919 nm |
nano | n | 10−9 | nta | nla | 30.55 zs | 9.1586595919 pm |
pico | p | 10−12 | pta | pla | 30.55 ys | 9.1586595919 fm |
femto | f | 10−15 | fta | fla | 30.55 rs | 9.1586595919 am |
atto | a | 10−18 | ata | ala | 30.55 qs | 9.1586595919 zm |
zepto | z | 10−21 | zta | zla | 30.55e-3 qs | 9.1586595919 ym |
yocto | y | 10−24 | yta | yla | 30.55e-6 qs | 9.1586595919 rm |
ronto | r | 10−27 | rta | rla | 30.55e-9 qs | 9.1586595919 qm |
quecto | q | 10−30 | qta | qla | 30.55e-12 qs | 9.1586595919e-3 qm |