Re: Division by Zero in Nature,

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Date: 01/01/05 

Date: 1 Jan 2005 10:05:41 -0800

Geert-Jan Uytdewilligen wrote:
> I wouldn't go that far to find division by zero in nature.
> if you mix water with milk in certain amounts,
> You will see a phenomena called "Anomalous dispersion".
> The imaginary part of the refraction index is dvided by zero.
> If we measure it, it becomes large but doesn't go to infinity.

Doesn't that imply that your calculation is wrong?

> The imaginairy part of n is a measure for absorption of
EM-radiation.(light)
> Geert-Jan

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