Owen Duffy wrote:

Cecil Moore wrote in news:96hKh.483$rj1.92
@newssvr23.news.prodigy.net:


Owen Duffy wrote:

Are the principles that apply to this example inconsistent with the
general case (eg dc, ac, transient, steady state etc)?

Of course, pure DC principles are not adequate to cover
general case distributed network problems. Else, there


The principles are those of the behaviour of transmission lines and the
theory applying to solving the source circuit. In the 'DC' case, the
analysis becomes trivial, but IMHO there were no underlying principles
that do not apply in the general case.

But your underlying principle is that the source steps and doesn't
change. So any general case where the source is at some different level
is now not covered.

Best, Dan.