Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jul 28, 2025

Calibration Procedures for Orthogonal Superposition Rheology
Published on: November 18, 2020
A note on the wedge reversion antisymmetry operation and 51 types of physical quantities in arbitrary dimensions
1Institute of Crystallography, RWTH Aachen University, Jägerstraße 17-19, D-52066 Aachen, Germany.
Abstract:
The paper by Gopalan [(2020). Acta Cryst. A76, 318-327] presented an enumeration of the 41 physical quantity types in non-relativistic physics, in arbitrary dimensions, based on the formalism of Clifford algebra. Gopalan considered three antisymmetries: spatial inversion, 1, time reversal, 1', and wedge reversion, 1†. A consideration of the set of all seven antisymmetries (1, 1', 1†, 1'†, 1†, 1', 1'†) leads to an extension of the results obtained by Gopalan. It is shown that there are 51 types of physical quantities with distinct symmetry properties in total.
More Related Videos
05:39Scalable Quantum Integrated Circuits on Superconducting Two-Dimensional Electron Gas Platform
Published on: August 2, 2019
16:01An Experimental Protocol for Assessing the Performance of New Ultrasound Probes Based on CMUT Technology in Application to Brain Imaging
Published on: September 24, 2017
Related Concept Videos
Dimensional Analysis
Wedges
Consider using a wedge to lift a heavy slab. Here, the wedge functions by converting the applied force into a much larger force directed almost perpendicular to the initial force. This...
Cartesian Vector Notation
Problem Solving: Dimensional Analysis
Scalar and Vectors
Scalar quantities with the same physical units can be added or subtracted according to the usual algebra rules for numbers. For example, a class ending 10 min earlier than 50 min lasts...
Woodward–Hoffmann Selection Rules and Microscopic Reversibility