An
intuitive way to show that the dimension of mass can be
L³/T²
In a three-dimensional space, we will consider a volume V (a sphere of radius R, for example). This volume decreases continuously with the passage of time (the sphere shrinks) dV / dT. The volume decreases by a constant value every second and as a consequence the radius R decreases as well: dV/dT
= ( 4 p R² ) ( dR/dT ) (surface
of the sphere . radius variation) A point situated on the sphere will approach its centre at a velocity dR/dT, in other words:
Everything happens
as if the area around P "swallowed"
the space around it at a speed of dV / dT.
dR/dT² = dV/dT² / (4 p R² ) To remain at the same distance from the centre of the sphere this point will distance itself from it with a constant acceleration of dR/dT²
And exactly what a mass centred around P produces as a result: an acceleration
The value of m³ "swallowed" by (seconds)² by the mass of the Earth will be: dV/dt² = 4 p
Rt² g = (surface of the Earth) . g dV/dt² = ( 4
p Rt²) . ( ( K Mt ) / Rt ²
) = 4 p K Mt ( dV/dt² has the
same dimensions as Mt )
Mass can therefore
be considered as the second derivative from the relationship between volume
and time dV / dT² as dimension L³ / T² The mass will be
simply "a region of space that swallows the
space around it faster and faster". This point of view corresponds
exactly to what we observed in a mass at a certain distance: its power
to accelerate bodies in its direction. We can therefore define mass as: A region of space that swallows the space around it faster and faster The natural unit
of mass will be m³ / s² which will be worth 1 / (4 p
K ) kg = 1.19235 10^9 kg |