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9 Oct 2024 00:20:27 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Trivial trigonometry  
From: Darren New
Date: 30 Nov 2009 23:04:17
Message: <4b1495c1$1@news.povray.org>
Darren New wrote:
> No, you get the exact same patterns when there's only one photon there, 
> because it's not caused by interference between photons.

Actually, if you really want to push it, you could say the pattern is caused 
by interference between the two slits, not between multiple photons. That's 
why it changes based on whether you measure what goes thru the slits or not.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   Human nature dictates that toothpaste tubes spend
   much longer being almost empty than almost full.


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