I've been reading Feynman's &quot;QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter&quot; and was wondering how exactly does QED treat a photon. In the book, Feynman always asserts that photons are particles and not waves because the wave theory of light can't explain the individual clicks of a photo-multiplier when its hit with low energy light. But if the wave theory is wrong because it doesn't explain the photo-multiplier clicks, then QED could also be wrong because it does not 'explain' partial reflection, it only models it using probabilities and ignores thew underlying mechanism.
I often hear about the wave-particle duality, and how particles exhibit properties of both particles and waves. However, I wonder, is this actually a duality? At the most fundamental level, we 'know' that everything is made up out of particles, whether those are photons, electrons, or maybe even strings. That light for example, also shows wave-like properties, why does that even matter? Don't we know that everything is made up of particles? In other words, wasn't Young wrong and Newton right, instead of them both being right?
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Then he said don’t let him down and I asked him if he was threatening me and he kept saying I need this done but didn’t really answer my question.  Am I being scammed? I’m about to change my password but is this a scam? Geometric series and big theta Consider the following function:  $$S(n)=1+ c + c^2 + ··· + c^n,$$  where c is a positive real number.  (A) This function is the sum of a geometric series. Give a precise closed-form formula for $S(n)$, interms of $c$ and $n$, in the case where $c \neq 1$.  (B) Show that $S(n)$  is:  $\theta(1)$ if $c&lt;1$  $ \theta(n)$ if $c=1$  $\theta(c^n)$ if $c&gt;1$    can someone please explain how i can go about finding the solutions for these problems, i have never encountered these and am stuck, i know that big theta means that the function is bond on both sides but how do i got about finding the answer?  (edit) im still having trouble understanding part B. can someone please explain? (can someone walk me through the second one) so far i have $n \leq c^{n+1} \leq ???$  (edit #2) i tried doing the first one can someone verify if i did it right  $S(n)$ is $\Theta(1)$ if c&lt;1  (1)$S(n)$ is $O(1)$ if c&lt;1  (2)$S(n)$ is $\Omega(1)$ if c&lt;1  (1) $$\frac{C^{n+1}-1}{C-1} \lt (C_1)(1)$$ $$\frac{C^{n+1}-1}{C-1} \lt (C_1)$$ $$C^{n+1} \lt C_1(C-1)$$ $$C^nC-1 \lt C_2C-1$$ $$C^n \lt C_2$$ $$C^n \lt 1$$ since c&lt;1 this means that any number that will be $C^n$ will be less then 1 for all positive n  i did the omega part pretty much the same way and got $$C^n \gt C_2$$ $$C^n \gt 0$$ since c&lt;1, $C^n$ can potentially become very very small so the only thing bounding it is 0 for all positive n Partial vs. Full Volume Wort Boil The starting position for most new extract brewers is to use a partial boil set up.  Defined as using a pot smaller than the intended batch size, all the ingredients are boiled in a smaller volume.  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