Comment by NooneAtAll3
3 days ago
you have free constant k in front of the equation
any dimensional analysis gets consumed by its unknown dimensionality
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> q^2n = (-q)^2n which know is ruled out by experiment.
doesn't mean equation can't be using absolute values ("number of electrons/protons") and just applying needed sign at the end
K isn't free, its bound obviously
it can't use absolute values, you can't write that equation down