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| From | Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | sci.physics.relativity |
| Subject | Re: Why should I learn mathematics to understand physics |
| Date | 2017-02-27 19:58 +1100 |
| Message-ID | <ehi824FdbhpU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | (4 earlier) <ehde5bFelstU1@mid.individual.net> <ehf2hpFojfiU2@mid.individual.net> <slrnob6uvo.qd0.nedlatham@woden.valhalla.oz> <ehhfh4F90enU3@mid.individual.net> <slrnob7kh5.c5c.nedlatham@woden.valhalla.oz> |
On 27/02/2017 6:15 PM, Ned Latham wrote: > Sylvia Else wrote: >> Ned Latham wrote: >>> Sylvia Else wrote: >>> >>> ----sniup---- >>> >>>> You could have pointed out that the speed through water depends >>>> somewhat on the frequency of the light, so I should have included >>>> the same frequency as a caveat. But probably you didn't know that. >>> >>> Do feel free to tell is when and how the speeds of light in water >>> were measured. >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fizeau_experiment > > That's not a speed measurement. It is at best a speed difference > measurement, but even that is uncertain unless it can be shown that > the phase shift is less that 2 Pi. > > Med > There is always going to be a speed for the water such that the phase shift is less than 2 pi. In any case, the speed of light relative to the water it's travelling through is obtained directly by applying wave theory to the refractive index, which is known to vary with frequency. Sylvia.
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Re: Why should I learn mathematics to understand physics Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2017-02-26 15:01 +1100
Re: Why should I learn mathematics to understand physics Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2017-02-26 00:12 +1100
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Re: Why should I learn mathematics to understand physics Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2017-02-27 12:59 +1100
Re: Why should I learn mathematics to understand physics Ned Latham <nedlatham@woden.valhalla.oz> - 2017-02-27 01:08 +0000
Re: Why should I learn mathematics to understand physics Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2017-02-27 13:00 +1100
Re: Why should I learn mathematics to understand physics Ned Latham <nedlatham@woden.valhalla.oz> - 2017-02-27 07:15 +0000
Re: Why should I learn mathematics to understand physics Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2017-02-27 19:58 +1100
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