Possible limits of accuracy in measurement of fundamental physical constants
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The measurement uncertainties of Fundamental Physical Constants should take into account all possible and most influencing factors. One from them is the finiteness of the model that causes the existence of a-priori error. The proposed formula for calculation of this error provides a comparison of its value with the actual experimental measurement error that cannot be done an arbitrarily small. According to the suggested approach, the error of the researched Fundamental Physical Constant, measured in conventional field studies, will always be higher than the error caused by the finite number of dimensional recorded variables of physicalmathematical models. Examples of practical application of the considered concept for measurement of fine structure constant, speed of light and Newtonian constant of gravitation are discussed.
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