Talk:Wheeler–Feynman absorber theory/Archive 1

May 2006
any links to papers..? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.94.149.186 (talk) 22:05, 06 May 2006

June 2006
jjalexand@yahoo.com 5-Jun-2006: Understanding: Surely if each particle's position and motion is fully defined by the position and motion of all other particles ('in some light cone'), then all particles' motions in the future are fully predictable, and the future is fully predictable (within quantum limits?). Is this really so 'fantastic'. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.26.24.213 (talk) 15:27, 05 June 2006


 * The point is that the current motions of a particle, such an electron in an atom, including all its electromagnetic emission and absorption events, depends symmetrically on the past and future light cones. It's a non-causal view, but they still managed to cook up a reason to time to appear to be in the right direction in spite of the symmetry of all the laws. Dicklyon 07:15, 25 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Dear all, thanks for having improved my article, mainly my English, I'm sorry for that. Anyway I'll even be glad if you say me how much the article is clear or which sections are not clear / need to be improved according to you. So If you have time please let me know what you can understand reading the article /suggestions / staff like that, both writing here or on my user page in the discussion section. Thanks again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dave.bradi (talk • contribs) 15:40, 21 September 2007

Some links
Some things I've found that might be useful for info and refs: Dicklyon 07:28, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
 * FEYNMAN'S THESIS — A NEW APPROACH TO QUANTUM THEORY edited by Laurie M Brown (Northwestern University, USA) see preface
 * Classical Electrodynamics: With Fields or Without? An exposition of the necessity of fields in classical electrodynamics, James Augustin Hedberg
 * search inside the book for Wheeler, Carver Mead's Collective Electrodynamics at Amazon.com

Use in fiction
Is it work mentioning that a form of this theorem is mentioned in the last episode of the anime series Martian Successor Nadesico? Feynman and Wheeler are mentioned by name, as is their theory of the advanced wave and retarded wave. The concept of the advanced wave travelling backwards in time is used as the basis of a form of instantaneous travel referred to as a Boson Jump. 86.20.198.199 (talk) 19:26, 17 May 2009 (UTC)