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granpa
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as I understand it aether theory claims that fields are strain in an elastic medium. the elastic medium can be thought of as a system of springs and masses. (note that the springs store energy proportional to the square of their change in length)
I can see how this probably works fine for the inverse square law of particles and the inverse first power law of an infinite line of charges. but how could it possibly explain the field of an infinite plane of charges?
for me this puts the nail in the coffin of aether theory. (conventional aether theory at least. Dr Einstein said that spacetime itself becomes a 'kind' of aether/medium)
I can see how this probably works fine for the inverse square law of particles and the inverse first power law of an infinite line of charges. but how could it possibly explain the field of an infinite plane of charges?
for me this puts the nail in the coffin of aether theory. (conventional aether theory at least. Dr Einstein said that spacetime itself becomes a 'kind' of aether/medium)