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Re:Surges of cosmic radiation from space directly linked to ... by nick__m on Friday June 16, 2023 @04:13PM (#36363166)
fractional exponents don't work like that, for example x^½ is the square root of x. You probably meant 10^-1 !
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Re:Surges of cosmic radiation from space directly linked to ... by jjk166 on Monday June 19, 2023 @10:01AM (#36391189)
No, 1 decibel is 10^1/10. Bels are multiplicative, not additive. You multiply 10^.1 by itself 10 times and you get 10^1. Similarly if you multiply x^1/2 by x^1/2 you get x.
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