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Old 07-13-2008, 03:28 PM
David Bailey David Bailey is offline
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Originally Posted by Paul C. Anagnostopoulos View Post
WTF? Let's see ... here's my computer processor ... oh look, a flash drive ... my laser pen ... my electron microscope ... my MRI report ... a bunch of light switches ... the solar panels on my roof ... electric outlets connected to nuclear power plants ...

~~ Paul
Oh come on! A billiard table exemplifies classical physics, but it does not preclude an extension!

You can only do accurate QM calculations on very simple atoms and molecules, the approximations required to handle the wave function which is a function of 3N coordinates get more and more drastic as N increases.

David
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