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Elio Roca Flores @eliorocaflores 20170813

Dinmica de la Atmsfera, PCT, UNAM

groups for the gravity force factors


Through the de Buckingham theorem I find the groups for the for the gravity force factors:
force, gravity constant, gravitational mass, inertial mass and distance.

The dimension of the factors force F, gravity constant G, gravitational mass mg, inertial mass
mf and distance r are:
ML L3
[F ] = T 2
; [G] = MT2
; [mg ] = M ; [mf ] = M ; [r] = L
The dimensional matrix is

F G r mg mf

M 1 -1 0 1 1

L 1 3 1 0 0

T -2 -2 0 0 0
Lets evaluate the range, the determinant of the submatrix for F, r and mg :

1 0 1

1 1 0 =2

-2 0 0
Because is different from cero means that is range 3, then as the factor are 5, are 2
groups.
The kernel gives the powers for the factors:

0 1 -1 0 1 1 a a-b+d+e ->d=-a+b-e=-2a-e

0 = 1 3 1 0 0 x b = a+3b+c -> c=2a

0 -2 -2 0 0 0 c -2a-2b -> b=-a

e
The power as linear combination of a and e are
a=a 1 0

b=-a -1 0

c=2a = a 2 +e 0
d=-2a-e -2 -1

e=e 0 1

Where a and e, the powers of force and inertial mass, are independent. Then we have the
general form for the groups:
a,e = F a Gb rc mg d mf e = F a Ga r2a mg 2ae mf e
The groups are for null inertial mass (e=0) 1,0 and null force (a=0) 0,1 :
1,0 = F G1 r2 mg 2 ; 0,1 = mg 1 mf
Have sense for force and inertial mass linear (a=-1, e=1)
1,1 = F 1 G r2 mg mf
Which is the gravity force.

References
Wikipedia (2017). Buckingham theorem. Wikipedia.

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