Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Jim Pennino Newsgroups: sci.physics,sci.physics.relativity Subject: Re: What is a photon Followup-To: sci.physics Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2025 15:45:14 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 44 Message-ID: References: <9af3e95b721801ec23446e0d70f081b3@www.novabbs.org> <%5W_P.1199819$lZjd.237071@fx05.ams4> <101hdi1$2104j$1@dont-email.me> <3fe4ff53feee25131897dec6bed26616@www.novabbs.com> <101mlhj$3v6bs$1@dont-email.me> <101pe06$qdb4$1@dont-email.me> <1029ut1$1e19h$1@dont-email.me> <43be72af959665726cf4239bfbb6a6f6@www.novabbs.org> Injection-Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2025 00:46:13 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="a282fad6e567b5cbf37fc9f91ec4120a"; logging-data="1631431"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+5KlxaEXxd4xnx9jRXupcp" User-Agent: tin/2.6.2-20220130 ("Convalmore") (Linux/5.15.0-141-lowlatency (x86_64)) Cancel-Lock: sha1:xN29CKNf+k1KJQubkrT9mAF2m/A= In sci.physics Bertitaylor wrote: > On Tue, 10 Jun 2025 18:59:05 +0000, Paul.B.Andersen wrote: > >> Den 05.06.2025 13:51, skrev bertitaylor: >>> On Wed, 4 Jun 2025 12:32:19 +0000, Paul.B.Andersen wrote: >>> >>>> Maybe you don't know what invariant means? >> >>> >>> Invariant means that the speed does not depend upon the speed of the >>> emitter, in this case. >> >> Invariant means that the speed of light in vacuum >> is the same in all inertial frames of reference. > > No, invariant means that the speed of light does not vary with the speed > of the emitter. Like most everything you are wrong about, this is a simple look up, crackpot. invariant meaning in physics: In physics, "invariant" means a quantity that does not change under a specific transformation, like a change in reference frame or a rotation. Essentially, it's something that remains constant despite how you describe it or how the system is viewed. > > There is no such thing as the inertial reference frame in the entire > universe. inertial reference frame meaning in physics: In physics, an inertial frame of reference (also called a Galilean frame of reference) is a frame of reference where Newton's first law of motion (inertia) holds true. This means that objects within that frame will remain at rest or move at a constant velocity unless acted upon by an external force. -- penninojim@yahoo.com