bug in units conversion

[sagetrac-schymans]

The .convert() function converts units to their base units, e.g.

sage: (units.energy.joule).convert()                            

kilogram*meter^2/second^2

The units of heat capacity are joule/kelvin/kilogram and since joule is not a base unit, it should be possible to convert them to base units. However, this throws an error:

sage: (units.energy.joule/units.temperature.kelvin/units.mass.kilogram).convert()

Traceback (click to the left of this block for traceback)
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ValueError: Cannot convert

This seems to be the case whenever something is divided by temperature.

Component: symbolics

Keywords: units

Issue created by migration from https://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/19093

[sagetrac-schymans]

comment:1

Goodness, did I really create this ticket only 3 weeks ago? Just googled it again and found the same issue asked by myself 2 years ago with a proposed workaround by Eviatar Bach:
http://ask.sagemath.org/question/10260/convert-derived-si-units-to-base-units/