Additive constant Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
Any two antiderivatives of the same function on a connected interval differ by an additive constant.
Atomic mass 2026-10-14
The rest mass of a chemical atom in its ground state, a physical quantity expressed in SI mass units or the unified atomic mass unit. Here means the atomic mass of a neutral chemical atom of isotope , not the mass of its bare atomic nucleus and not a population average.[ref]
Atomic mass includes Electrons and depends on nuclear binding energy; it is not just mass number times a universal nucleon mass. The atomic mass of neutral carbon-12 in its ground state is exactly by definition of the unified atomic mass unit. That exactness establishes the reference scale, rather than making the atomic masses of all isotopes exact integers in the same unit.
The International System of Units defines a common system for expressing physical quantities. Its base units include the kelvin for thermodynamic temperature; derived units combine them to describe quantities such as force and energy.[ref]