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True or false: Maxwell's equations require a medium to propagate a wave.

  • A.True, waves being unable to cross a vacuum
  • B.False, the equations predicting propagation in free space with no medium
  • C.True, the aether being necessary for propagation
  • D.True, the permittivity and permeability being properties of a medium

Answer: B

The free space constants describe the vacuum itself and the equations predict propagation with no material present at all. This was one of the most striking consequences of the theory and the experimental undoing of the aether.

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