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Gamma or Beta?

I originally prepared the footnote equations using the greek gamma for the factor 1/sqrt(1-v^2/c^2), since that is the most common convention. However, two things caused me to change it to beta, which has historically been the second most common symbol used for that factor. First, I noticed that the lower-case gamma symbol doesn't render very well in HTML. At least on my browser, the lower part gets truncated, so it's unrecognizable, looking more like a V. Second, I noticed that Whitrow actually used beta, so it is actually more consistent with the reference to use beta. (Also, note that Einsein's 1905 paper used beta.) Dingle in 1967 used 1/a, so that doesn't agree with either convention. So, on balance, it seemed (and seems) to me that beta is the better choice. Denveron 17:08, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Yes, the little gamma looks like a capital V now. As long as the math is inline and in the notes section, keeping the notation more or less intact is good. However, if the math is to be unburried (which I think should be done, since it is central) to the main article, I think it's better to use current notation (with gamma). The gamma we have now really looks... ugly :-) - DVdm 18:11, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Huh, hadn't heard that before. I'm used to seeing β for v/c. However, as long as it's defined right there, I guess it'll be okay.

—wwoods 19:42, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Denveron, in the process of changing the gammas to betas, you reverted all the other formatting changes I made, including fixing the spelling of "alledged". Did you mean to do that?

—wwoods 07:04, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

Housecleaning

This seems like an appropriate time to straighten things out. I have a few suggestions. Please add your own, implement them, disagree with them, et cetera.

Delete these subpages (MfD or whatever)
Remove the top banner from this talk page about the draft version
Pull some version of the 'Chang' reference into the main article
Remove the disputed tag (can be re-added with reason, of course)
Archive the entire talk page

Tim Shuba 23:11, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Tim, the talk page still being disrupted, I think perhaps it's a bit too soon? - DVdm 10:51, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

Are you sure? Funny, it looks rather clean to me. Could be a browser problem on my end. Tim Shuba 11:12, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

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