Cecil Moore wrote:
Jim Kelley wrote:
So now, in we have waves that don't change phase. :-)

Yes, and w7el has verified that fact either on this
newsgroup or another newsgroup. If you have EZNEC,
you can easily verify it for yourself - anyone can.

It's absurd to talk about waves that don't change phase, Cecil. If 'it'
does not change phase in some dimension, then 'it' is not a wave. Again
I refer you to a table of sines.

Here's what Hecht said in "Optics" regarding standing
wave phase: "It (the standing wave phasor) doesn't
rotate at all, and the resultant wave it represents
doesn't progress through space - its a standing wave."

Hecht knew exactly what he was talking about. It's not always evident
that you know exactly what Hecht is talking about.

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