On Wed, 13 Mar 2002 20:05:22 -0600, "RAY" <PCH### [at] yahoocom>
wrote:

>Would it be possible to simulate photons with the wave model of light?  I'm
>not a programmer, but I think this can be done.

Frequency and phase, and thus interference, can be calculated quite
easily using the wave propagation equation. All you need is to convert
the rgb color of a ray into spectral data <g>

As of wave effects such as diffraction, I suppose the right answer
would be "no."


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