Cecil Moore wrote:


It seems that you are contradicting yourself by saying that all
the information in the component waves is still there after
superposition yet you say the phase is gone. Both statements
cannot be true.

Cecil,

Both statements are true. Superposition does not favor one description
over the other. If there is no phase information remaining in the
superposed result (the standing wave) then there is no phase information
remaining at all, regardless of your mathematical manipulations. There
are no hidden variables.

Someone else recently pointed out that Mother Nature does not care what
models we use; the underlying physical reality will be the same. You
continue to try to get around that fundamental principle, but it won't work.

73,
Gene
W4SZ