If the speed light in a vacuum c had a real and an imaginary components too, then the components could vary with motion but the measured value would appear constant and correspond to the magnitude |c|.
c = a + ib , |c| = sqrt( a^2 + b^2) = constant Harry On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 6:45 PM, James Bowery <[email protected]> wrote: > A particularly intriguing notion of Konstantin Meyl's is that a "complex > speed of light" is derivable from the conventional interpretation of the > dielectric coefficient, rendering that conventional interpretation "an > offense against the basic principles of physics": > > > > > > http://www.k-meyl.de/go/Primaerliteratur/2P9_0930-1-piers-extended_field_theory.pdf > > This seems to be his point of departure into "fringe" physics his > replacement of the vector potential with his derivation of the "potential > vortex". >
