Re: Continuos vs. discrete models Was: The size of electrons, ...

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From: John C. Baez
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 22:06

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In article <1992Nov17.123636.23533@oracorp.com> daryl@oracorp.com (Daryl McCullough) writes:
>I think quite
>a few physical systems are properly thought of as discrete, and
>the continuous description is an approximation.

Name three, please.

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