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hutzlibu
2351 days ago
This debate is very old. Newton and Huygens fought long over it .. and eventually it was solved by: it is both or rather neither. It is a quant.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave%E2%80%93particle_duality#...
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fennecfoxen
2350 days ago
A "quant" is someone who studies quantitative finance, typically found in investment fields. The word for this wave-packet with particle properties is "quantum". It is a singular noun; its plural is "quanta".
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hutzlibu
2350 days ago
Thx. Not a english native speaker. In german it would be just "quant".
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