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Finds a better constant than 299792458 to define the meter
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| from fractions import gcd | |
| s=9192631770 # number of caesium oscillations in a second | |
| bestm=299792458 # fraction of a second in a meter | |
| bestgcd=gcd(s,bestm) #14 . we want a larger one | |
| for m in range(299792458, 300000000): | |
| g=gcd(s,m) | |
| if g>bestgcd: | |
| bestm,bestgcd=m,g | |
| print(bestgcd,bestm,s/bestgcd,m/bestgcd) | |
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for my article about the speed of light and the definition of the meter https://www.drgoulu.com/2017/05/26/pourquoi-on-ne-peut-plus-mesurer-la-vitesse-de-la-lumiere/