Relation To Other Constants
From the above definition, and the plane wave solution to Maxwell's equations,
where
- the magnetic constant
- the electric constant and
- the speed of light in free space.
The reciprocal of is sometimes referred to as the admittance of free space, and represented by the symbol .
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