On Thursday, February 6, 2025 at 6:49:08 PM UTC-7 John Clark wrote:
On Thu, Feb 6, 2025 at 6:44 PM Alan Grayson <[email protected]> wrote: *> The Rydberg series for the H-atom is countably infinite. AG* *The mathematical series may be infinite but that doesn't necessarily mean it's physical counterpart is; in fact when physical theories predict infinities that's usually a sign that they're breaking down. Classical electrodynamics worked fine until things got really really small, because it predicted that atoms would radiate an infinite amount of radiation, and obviously that didn't happen, that's why quantum mechanics was invented. * * John K Clark See what's on my new list at Extropolis <https://groups.google.com/g/extropolis>* Predictions of infinite anything can never be verified. But when we discussed the many turns at a T intersection, you seemed to accept the countable worlds that must be realized when applying the MWI. In that case, you could be correct that uncountable might be a stretch when it comes to physics, as compared to pure mathematics. So, it seems to me, you have to grant the existence of countable worlds produced by the Rydberg series in the H-atom in the context of the MWI. AGd6c -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/2cece6c6-a563-4e2b-9333-c7463161dd59n%40googlegroups.com.
