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By using fundamental units c, ℏ, G as conversion factors, one can easily transform the dimensions of all observables. In particular, one can make them all “geometrical,” or dimensionless. However, this has no impact on the fact that there are three fundamental units, G being one of them. Only experiment can tell us whether G is basically fundamental.
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From Pis’ma v Zhurnal Éksperimental’no\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l} \) i Teoretichesko\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l} \) Fiziki, Vol. 76, No. 8, 2002, p. 565.
Original English Text Copyright © 2002 by Fiorentini, Okun, Vysotski\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l} \).
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