Re: Curvature of Space

[John Mallinckrodt <ajmallinckro@CSUPomona.Edu>]

On Fri, 20 Feb 1998, Leigh Palmer wrote:

> How come no one attacks my symmetry argument for nondeflection?
> I thought it was pretty cute; I'd like to know if it has any
> holes in it.

O.K. I'll bite, Leigh.  Even though I certainly see no *mechanism* for
such a deflection, it isn't obvious to me why a deflection *couldn't* take
place since there does seem to be a preferred direction given by 

  k x E_background     or    (E_wave x B_wave) x E_background. 

BTW, the mechanism proposed by Dan is both comprehensible and illustrative
of the need for a *gradient* in E_background as you alluded to earlier.

John
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