Universal Constants as Manifestations of Relativity

Abstract

We study the possible interpretation of the "universal constants" by the classification of J.~M.~Lévy-Leblond. $\hslash$ and $c$ are the most common example of constants of this type. Using Fock's principle of the relativity w.r.t. observation means, we show that both $c$ and $\hslash$ can be viewed as manifestations of certain relativity. We also show that there is a possibility to interpret the Boltzmann's constant in a similar way, and make some comments about the relativistic interpretation of the constant spacetime curvature and gravitational constant $G$.

16 pages, methodological article, comments are welcome. v2: minor edits

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