Re: [Phys-l] The "why" questions

[curtis osterhoudt <flutzpah@yahoo.com>]

Yeah, I thought the same thing. We explicitly stick boundary conditions on 
various equations to account for finite propagation speeds, we deal with 
Brillouin precursors, and we talk about information propagation having an 
ultimate speed limit. 


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From: Stefan Jeglinski <jeglin@4pi.com>
To: Forum for Physics Educators <phys-l@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu>
Sent: Mon, November 29, 2010 3:38:51 PM
Subject: Re: [Phys-l] The "why" questions

> Physics can provide mathematical models to motivate these philosophical
> concepts, but physics never deals explicitly and directly with these ideas.

I am not sure that I could argue persuasively because I never 
believed I quite got it back in the day, but what about this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kramers-Kronig_relation


Stefan Jeglinski
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