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Article #5568Re: LEE SMOLIN AGAINST ISAAC NEWTON
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Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:40
Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:40
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On 6 fév, 18:03, "Androcles" <Headmas...@Hogwarts.physics> wrote: > <srp2...@gmail.com> wrote in message > > news:de3fc74d-67c4-40e0-b4e0-879181e1df3d@j20g2000hsi.googlegroups.com... > On 6 fév, 16:36, "Androcles" <Headmas...@Hogwarts.physics> wrote: > > > > > <srp2...@gmail.com> wrote in message > > >news:4cec669b-7209-44ab-bfc8-ee056347995a@j78g2000hsd.googlegroups.com... > > On 6 fév, 15:04, "Androcles" <Headmas...@Hogwarts.physics> wrote: > > > > <srp2...@gmail.com> wrote in message > > > >news:6ba03bd0-12cf-4b68-a7e7-0b84a3e036c6@i12g2000prf.googlegroups.com... > > > On 6 fév, 12:15, "Androcles" <Headmas...@Hogwarts.physics> wrote: > > > > > <srp2...@gmail.com> wrote in message > > > > >news:9e602017-6b46-4986-8dc3-352c0109f267@e6g2000prf.googlegroups.com... > > > > On 6 fév, 11:48, "Androcles" <Headmas...@Hogwarts.physics> wrote: > > > > > > <srp2...@gmail.com> wrote in message > > > > > >news:4695358e-db97-4485-94b4-06f417a451d4@i7g2000prf.googlegroups.com... > > > > > On 6 fév, 02:34, Pentcho Valev <pva...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > > >http://philipball.blogspot.com/2007/09/arthur-eddington-was-innocent-... > > > > > > "With the technology then available, measuring the bending of > > > > > > starlight was very challenging. And contrary to popular belief, > > > > > > Newtonian physics did not predict that light would remain > > > > > > undeflected > > > > > > - Einstein himself pointed out in 1911 that Newtonian gravity > > > > > > should > > > > > > cause some deviation too. So the matter was not that of an all-or- > > > > > > nothing shift in stars' positions, but hinged on the exact > > > > > > numbers." > > > > > > | Right. > > > > > > | Classical Newtonian mechanics predicts that light will bend with > > > > > | twice the angle observed. > > > > > > How? > > > > > | Lapsus. Its the reverse. > > > > > | I meant to write half the angle observed. and for corrected > > > > | relativistic > > > > | Newtonian, the angle is twice that of classical Newtonian, as is > > > > | observed. > > > > > Ok, but my real question is how does classical Newtonian mechanics > > > > prophesy that light will bend at all? It does, I'm wondering if you, > > > > Eddington or Einstein knows how. > > > > | They certainly did since Einstein did the calculation himself. > > > | And I do too. > > > > | Explained summarily, to proceed, for the requirements of > > > | calculation he converted the energy of a photon to its > > > | equivalent mass (m=E/c^2) and proceeded to calculate > > > | the deflection of theoretical "masses" for visible light > > > | photons as they grazed the Sun mass. > > > > | This gave half the deflection angle that was later observed. > > > > | His calculations are in a paper from 1911 titled > > > | "Über den Einfluß der Schwerkraft auf die Ausbreitung > > > | des Lichter" > > > > | He later 1915 corrected the figures and obtained the > > > | right deflection (twice that of classical Newtonian). > > > > | However, the same correct deflection angle can easily > > > | be obtained from upgraded relativistic Newtonian, > > > | something that has never been documented, since the > > > | 1919 Eddington et al. observation was specifically > > > | meant to prove the superiority of GR over classical > > > | mechanics. > > > > | Just like the community never considered confirming > > > | atomic clock speeding up with altitude with parallel > > > | mechanical clocks experiments. > > > > | They were not looking for the truth, but to prove > > > | a point. > > > > Androcles' third law: > > > For every photon there is an equal and opposite rephoton. > > > http://www.androcles01.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/rephoton.gif > > > (from Newton's third law and Huygens's wave superposition, > > > photons have direction and come in pairs) > > > | My view is de Broglie's on photons. I see them as complex > > | standing harmonic oscillators in motion, with only half > > | their energy oscillating electromagnetically. The other > > | half is is oriented in the direction of motion and is > > | thus impervious to transverse force interaction. > > > Whilst I concur with "harmonic oscillators in motion" > > http://www.androcles01.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/AC/AC.gif > > http://www.androcles01.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/AC/Photon.gif > > http://www.androcles01.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/photon.gif > > | I see. Standing dephased pi/2. > > Of course... the magnetic field cannot be zero at the same > time as the electric field or energy would not be conserved. > E = -dB/dt In 3D + time classical wave theory yes. But with 9D + time it is perfectly possible. In fact, the only possibility turns out to be pi dephasing to accomodate the full em oscillation for localized em events. > | Does not accomodate real physical quantum localization. > > "If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts." - Einstein. > I don't care about your real physical quantum localization, that > means nothing. Energy is conserved. Of course energy is conserved. > | In the 3-spaces model, the dephasing is 180 and 2 orthogonal > | spaces allow the electromagnetic oscillation while a 3rd > | orthogonal space (normal space) harbor the directed energy > | sustaining the motion of the oscillating half. > > Then your model is wrong. Fine. Your loss. André Michaud > > inasmuch as a spinning bullet has energy in the spin and > > energy of forward motion, I cannot agree to the ratio 1/2. > > If one travels alongside the spinning bullet then it has no energy > > of forward motion (which is necessarily relative) but retains > > its energy of spin. > > | This is where we differ. In relativistic Newtonian, if you > | travel alongside the bullet, it can only mean that you have > | sufficient energy in the forward motion yourself to be > | able to travel alongside the moving bullet. > > We certainly do differ, I have no idea what "relativistic Newtonian" is. > In the real world I can spin a top while sitting in my chair, but I > certainly have enough energy to travel alongside it as it goes around > the Sun. > > | In the underlying 3-spaces model, the energy is not relative > | but has physical existence. The energy of the speeding bullet > | does not diminish as your own increases to catch up with it. > > A brick on a shelf has enough energy to break your toe, but > not if you happen to be in the attic with the shelf below you. > Energy is relative. > > > > > > > > The equivalent mass of a photon is m = 2E/c^2, > > > Yes. Obvious and perfectly explained by relativistic Newtonian. > > > > from which one might surmise the gravitational deflection, > > > should one know the energy. > > > | Since it invariantly amounts to half the full quantum, > > | we always know the energy that maintains the velocity. > > > BUT!.... > > An object falling in a gravitational field accelerates alongside > > an object with the same mass or twice that mass. > > A photon of mass 2 will curve exactly the same as a photon > > of mass 1 > > | In the 3-spaces model, this is because its velocity sustaining > | energy also falls to 1 > > KE = 1/2mv^2, v is relative, hence energy is relative. > More correctly, KE = 1/2mv^2.cos(phi). > A bullet traveling away from you can do no work on > your body and is therefore harmless. cos(pi) = -1 > To reverse the bullet, first you must stop it, absorbing its > energy in (say) compressing a spring, and then give it back. > > The energy of the cordite is converted to the KE of the bullet, > converted again to compress the spring and then converted > back into the KE of the bullet which is then absorbed as > heat tearing in hole in you. > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjYJTs4I5uY > > | For photons, acceleration only increases the total quantum > | of energy. Does not affect the equilibrium velocity, which > | is c. > > Acceleration is rate of change of velocity by definition. > Only in crackpot relativity does light travel at 2AB/(t'A-tA) = c, > both ways at once. > http://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/einstein/specrel/www/figures/img7.gif > > > Therefore the mass or (mass equivalent) is irrelevant. > > | Yes. > > > > > > However, > > > http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/fw/gifs/coriolis.mov > > > Riding the Earth, you, Eddington and Einstein (who didn't bother > > > to look anyway, the only one that did is Eddington who obtained ONE > > > suitable photograph) are observers on the roundabout. The light has > > > to curve. From simple trigonometry, the deflection has to be ~v/c. > > > | This does not take into account that the permanent half-half > > | equilibrium of the photons energy (directed half plus oscillating > > | inert half) continuously takes up the slack so that v can equal no > > | other velocity than c. > > > You've misunderstood, v is the velocity of the Earth at right-angles > > to the direction of the light and is approximately 0.0001c. > > sin(v/c) ~= v/c for small angles. This has nothing to do with the > > intrinsic oscillation, it is strictly the Coriolis effect. > > Right. My bad. > > André Michaud > > > | Any energy added adds to both halves and any energy expended > > | subtracts from both halves. > > > | This is what the de Broglie photon structure reveals. > > > > A star in the direction of the Earth's travel will show no aberration, > > > a star at right angles will show maximum aberration. The observed > > > star close to the sun has to be identified in daylight and there is > > > further curvature as a result of refraction in Earth's atmosphere. > > > | Agreed.
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