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Zero and Planck's Constant

A constant or a variable?

Planck's Constant

Planck's Constant is a physical constant that relates the energy of photons to their frequency.
Its value is 6.626 068 96 x 10^-34 J s ^[1].

It is generally used as: E=h*v where E is energy, h is Planck 's constant, v is frequency.
I.e. the energy of a photon is its frequency times a constant.

What happens when both frequency and energy are zero? I.e. what is h=E/v when v=0 and E=0?

Calculation Result when zero is
{ 0 } for quantities Result when zero is
{ } for quantities

h=E/v

when v=0 and E=0.

h = { 0 }

I.e. Planck's Constant = Zero

h = { }

I.e. Planck's Constant
plays no part it the results

E=h*v E is energy, v is frequency, h is a constant.

By viewing zero as { 0 } and "forcing" a result, the answer is zero, meaning that Planck's Constant is not a constant - it's a variable. Viewing zero as null says the equation is null or "incomplete" and the result is similarly null or incomplete - there is no value of E/v to assign to h. Using the null view provides a workable alternative and a constant remains a constant.

Also see: Is 0 / 0 "undefined"?

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