Hi I think in this case we're talking more about phase coherent situations than about simple interaction.
Bob On May 13, 2010, at 1:46 PM, Hal Murray wrote: > >> With physical oscillators coupling is limited by the speed of sound (in the >> medium, with pendulum clocks wood is lots quicker than air with 3-4 km/s) >> with electronic oscillators the speed of light. Latter means that their >> distance has to be short enough so that they lie within each other's >> lightcone within roughly the period of oscillation orelse they couldn't >> possibly causally influence each other. > > That doesn't make sense to me. > > Why can't oscillators interact if they are separated by multiple wavelengths? > > The control loop probably gets more complicated if the delays are longer, but > it's a periodic signal. You can lock up with an offset of any integral > number of wavelengths. > > -- > These are my opinions, not necessarily my employer's. I hate spam. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
