On Wednesday, May 27, 2020 at 3:16:47 AM UTC-6, Alan Grayson wrote: > > When one solves ME's, one gets continuous wave solutions. But somehow they > give the wrong prediction for BB radiation. The correct solution requires > quantizing the energy packets into discrete packets of energy. But prior to > the advent of QED, in 1900, how did Planck incorporate this discreteness > into a continuous theory to yield the correction solution of the BB > problem? TIA, AG >
The BB radiation distribution is what it is, and can be measured. But how does the postulate of discrete energy packets, aka photons, yield a theory, presumably using a continuous theory such as ME's, to predict it? TIA, AG -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/c4500643-df90-47f3-8e4f-cb896dda4b75%40googlegroups.com.
