@ThreeSigma What about Nr as proposed in this paper?
@gutenberg_org I honestly didn’t even see the link to the paper, overshadowed as it was by Noether’s.
Two-letter unit names are not awesome. We use them in a few places in physics but not much in the intro series. This may sound nitpicks but anything that makes units or math more confusing for students is something I would want to avoid.
All that said, I’m still pro. We need a unit, and Noether is one who deserves recognition.
@gutenberg_org maybe a lowercase n?
@ThreeSigma Nr souns good if compared do Bq named after Becquerel, Ci for Mme Curie and so on.
So, I was primarily an educator. Most people who know, say, a Newton as a unit know it from high-school or first-year physics. Generally those courses don't get to Bq or Ci units, and most units are single letters. Two-letter symbols are easily confused with elements or look like compound units to first blush.
I'm in generally in favor of such a naming, I just wish we had something less confusing. Perhaps a lowercase eta? Or script N?
@ThreeSigma let’s hope that SI considers its inclusion first…