The Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to xkcd@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-210 months agoxkcd #2821: Path Minimizationstartrek.websiteimagemessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1686arrow-down115file-text
arrow-up1671arrow-down1imagexkcd #2821: Path Minimizationstartrek.websiteThe Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to xkcd@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-210 months agomessage-square41fedilinkfile-text
minus-square6mementomori@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoI’d add to this that, if I’m not mistaken, it’s because light takes all possible paths and the average measured time is longer
minus-squarecrossover@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-210 months agoThe probability of a path it takes is the sum of all possible paths. Richard Feynman uses this exact swimmer in the water example during one of his lectures of physics.
I’d add to this that, if I’m not mistaken, it’s because light takes all possible paths and the average measured time is longer
The probability of a path it takes is the sum of all possible paths. Richard Feynman uses this exact swimmer in the water example during one of his lectures of physics.