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Re: Four Dimensional Crests And Troughs...
Forum List | Follow Ups | Post Message | Back to Thread Topics | In Response To Posted by Zephram Cochrane/">Zephram Cochrane on November 25, 1999 06:14:18 UTC |
Well here's the question......since light progresses out in all three dimensions from its origen, does it then not require a fourth dimension for it's crests and troughs? Light waves are not a displacement waves such as water waves. They are Electro-magnetic waves. The "crest" of the light wave is not a place of maximal displacement, it is a place of maximal electric and magnetic field strength. The trough is not a place of minimal displacement, it is a place of minimal electric and magnetic field strength. Three spatial dimensions and one time are plenty for containing electromagnetic waves.
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