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mark123
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When there's a number written like this 1.6021766208(98)×10−19 what does the part in parentheses mean? Is it repeating (usually denoted by a line over top) or are they insignificant? Or something else completely?
 
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Associated (standard) uncertainty or margin of error.



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I'm pretty sure the technical term is

Fudge Factor
 
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Fuck I shouldn't have clicked into this thread. It just confused my life even more. LOL.


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Originally posted by sigmonkey:
Associated (standard) uncertainty or margin of error.
Nifty. So how do I read it?
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Originally posted by slyguy:
I'm pretty sure the technical term is

Fudge Factor
I like fudge.
 
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it's a SWAG. Scientific Wild-Ass Guess
 
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Fuck I shouldn't have clicked into this thread. It just confused my life even more. LOL.
Do you even know what happens if one Boson drops below 126 GeV? Do you?!?
 
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"the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא עוד
 
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Originally posted by mark123:
quote:
Originally posted by sigmonkey:
Associated (standard) uncertainty or margin of error.
Nifty. So how do I read it?
quote:
Originally posted by slyguy:
I'm pretty sure the technical term is

Fudge Factor
I like fudge.


You know he said "factor" and not "packer", right? Big Grin





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הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים
 
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