Jeff Driscoll says:
|smaller fractions than 1/137.0359 are not possible because electron would be going faster than light| Special Relativity explains the electron speed of light limit in a somewhat reasonable manner. In that case the maximum speed is approached as the limit to a continuously increasing value. There is no free travel throughout all possible velocities until you hit a brick wall, but instead an increasing resistance until that limit become unobtainable. I suspect that Mills' theory is in error if he assumes a zero width transition. The time dilation and length contraction effect must somehow find their ways into his model and perhaps I misunderstand what he explains. Jeff, are you aware of how it includes these issues? If he eventually does include these two well supported phenomena, then the 1/137.0359 fraction most likely will be changed to a new one. Then, my hope for inclusion of all the integer and fractional values might reappear as a consequence. Just seeking a better understanding of nature. No honest question should be off limits. Dave
