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PostPosted: **Thu May 29, 2008 8:54 pm**

(I don't know if this is supposed to go in the writing section or the tutorial section, so I apologize for any inconveniences I may cause, dear admins/mods ^^).

I'm writing a sci-fi story and I need some advice/insight/scientific knowledge.

In my story, the governing group is called Lambda (you know, the Greek letter representing 'wave', I think). The rebel group is called Ohm (the Greek letter representing 'resistance', as in electricity I think).

The problem is, these concepts are from two different fields (yeh, you probably found that out).

Is there any way I can include both of them in that state, staying true to what they stand for? I mean, is there any 'resistance' in the wave topic?

I want to keep this true to physics. It's not going to work, is it? If it isn't, do you have any alternative Greek symbols to use (I want to keep Lambda since this entire story deals with waves. Is there any substitute for Ohm?)

I hope this made sense, because my head's in the clouds right now

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If anything, I'll just stick to fantasy :sweat:

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PostPosted: **Thu May 29, 2008 9:38 pm**

I'm a writer in the genres of Sci-fi, fantasy, war, adventure. I'll be happy to give you advice. Just send me a pm and I'll see what I can do.

PostPosted: **Thu May 29, 2008 10:32 pm**

~darkelfgirl~ wrote:The problem is, these concepts are from two different fields (yeh, you probably found that out).

No they're not. :p

Alternating current is a wave, usually a sine wave. And since alternating current is electricity, and impeded by resistance, you don't have to change a thing.

PostPosted: **Thu May 29, 2008 11:36 pm**

Bad choice. "Ohm" is only related to wavelength in one way. Wavelength ('Lambda') is a part of ohms in alternating current calculations. In direct current calcs, they have absolutely nothing to do with each other. So neither way does it make any sense to set these two at odds with each other.

I've got an alternative for you: "Omega" and "Lambda". Omega is the angular frequency of a wave. Lambda is its cyclic length. (And this has applications in many more kinds of physics than electrical. Most of them, in one fashion or another, in fact.)

The relationship is:

'omega' equals 2 times pi times 'phase velocity' divided by 'lambda'
(phase velocity means the speed at which the wave travels. For electromagnetic waves it is the speed of light. For sound waves, the speed of sound, etc.)

So 'omega' and 'lambda' are inversely related to each other, which is a kind of opposition. And since 'omega' is sometimes used for 'the end' (as it is the last letter in the greek alphabet) it can have been chosen because they wish to bring about the end of the government they are opposing! Brilliant!

Okay, that's my .02. It's yours to take or leave as you wish. Enjoy.

PostPosted: **Fri May 30, 2008 6:41 am**

EricTheFred (post: 1231179) wrote:Bad choice. "Ohm" is only related to wavelength in one way. Wavelength ('Lambda') is a part of ohms in alternating current calculations.

True, although in AC (and other wave problems) impedence is represented by 'Z' rather than a capital omega, which denotes the unit of impedence/resistance in electrical applications. Another possibility is that lower case lambda is also used to represent the half-life of a radioisotope (i.e. its decay period). If you take upper case omega to be symbolic of the end, then after a few mixed metaphors, it is what is at the end of decay.

PostPosted: **Fri May 30, 2008 7:08 am**

The unit of 'Z' is Ohms (abbreviated as cap Omega)

This is getting silly. Anyway, I will reiterate that lower-case omega (angular frequency) against lower-case lambda (wavelength) is a much better choice, and a reference across virtually all fields of physics.

PostPosted: **Fri May 30, 2008 10:01 am**

Hehe.

EricTheFred wrote: Bad choice. "Ohm" is only related to wavelength in one way. Wavelength ('Lambda') is a part of ohms in alternating current calculations. In direct current calcs, they have absolutely nothing to do with each other. So neither way does it make any sense to set these two at odds with each other.

I've got an alternative for you: "Omega" and "Lambda". Omega is the angular frequency of a wave. Lambda is its cyclic length. (And this has applications in many more kinds of physics than electrical. Most of them, in one fashion or another, in fact.)

The relationship is:

'omega' equals 2 times pi times 'phase velocity' divided by 'lambda'
(phase velocity means the speed at which the wave travels. For electromagnetic waves it is the speed of light. For sound waves, the speed of sound, etc.)

So 'omega' and 'lambda' are inversely related to each other, which is a kind of opposition. And since 'omega' is sometimes used for 'the end' (as it is the last letter in the greek alphabet) it can have been chosen because they wish to bring about the end of the government they are opposing! Brilliant!

Okay, that's my .02. It's yours to take or leave as you wish. Enjoy.

*nods* Thanks ^__^. Makes sense.

Thanks to everyone else for replying ^^.

I think this'll be my only sci-fi story that'll go into physics lol.

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Sci-fi story aid, please physics gurus

Sci-fi story aid, please physics gurus