The Significance of the Exact Speed of Light
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True or false: The speed of light is defined to be exactly 299,792,458 meters per second since 1983.

True

True or false: It is natural to define the speed of light as an integer when doing calculations with Julia.

True

True or false: Raising the speed of light to the power of 3 in Julia results in an integer overflow.

True

True or false: Redefining the speed of light as a float in Julia fixes the issue of integer overflow when calculating the Planck’s length.

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True or false: It is easy for an average student of Physics to understand the issues related to defining the speed of light in Julia.

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