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Eric Bretschneider
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I came across someone in the lighting industry who insists that because of Gauss's divergence theorem and Maxwell's Laws that when light is emitted from a surface that it is only emitted orthogonal to the surface. I have tried to point out numerous real world examples that contradict the premise, but this person keeps going back to the equation and insists they are right.
Does anyone have a good mathematical argument I can present? The concern I have is this person presents themselves as an expert and there are people who will be awed by the mention of Gauss and Maxwell and won't follow the argument to logical (and impossible) conclusions.
Does anyone have a good mathematical argument I can present? The concern I have is this person presents themselves as an expert and there are people who will be awed by the mention of Gauss and Maxwell and won't follow the argument to logical (and impossible) conclusions.