On Sat, Nov 05, 2005 at 12:36:46PM -0800, Stewart Stremler wrote: > begin quoting Lan Barnes as of Sat, Nov 05, 2005 at 09:26:50AM -0800: > > On Sat, Nov 05, 2005 at 08:48:55AM -0800, m ike wrote: > > > > quantum mechanics is non-linear physics. > > > > > > keyword: is > > > > What does "non-linear" mean? That it's not continuous? I thought that > > was the point. > > IIRC, in a linear system, f(x) + f(y) = f(x + y); in a non-linear system, > this doesn't have to be true. > > I don't think continuity is a requirement one way or the other. > > -Stewart "IANAM" Stremler >
That's why I asked. As a chem major, I have some knowledge of quantum theory. In math, they lost me at the calculus[0]. [0] I'm hoping to improve on that when my son goes through it in high school. "Here, son, let dad <cough> help you with that." -- Lan Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Guy, SCM Specialist 858-354-0616 -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
