From Cambridge to Eternity: “Dimension Algebra”
There are two factions of Three R’s , conservative and progressive: the former are Reading, Writing and Arithmetic; the latter Recycle, Reuse and Reduce. We call as Algebra the plain or plane (L 2 ) extension of Arithmetic of the former . . In measurement of performance to be accounted for, we need before anything else a clearly defined metric of dimensions and scales. Virtually no one, a macroeconomist or otherwise, has difficulty recognizing such different scales, for instance, of length (L in dimension): millimeter, meter, inch, yard, mile, and all the way to light-year . Unfortunately, we except for physical scientists have difficulty figuring out the dimensions and as a result conveniently choose to neglect them. Traditionally, we have three dimensions, viz., space, time (T for time duration) and mass (“M”...