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On the other In constructing a phYSical theory containing for example a definition of mass hased on the experiment ,g1 corresponding to the sentence EXPI (M, p), it is very important to lay down axioms iliat do 61 not imply that &1 must take place. In order to assure both the = of the real number p such that 0 Exp(M, p) hold, and the possibility of never p"rforming ilie experiment ,g [0 ~(M, ,"2,1T EReal. Let P20 be defined to be the real number equal to ilie number /(49) 1 u~~"l)ess /N19/ Then EXP (M, p).