What would the properties of an infinitely long wavelength of light be? And what about a wavelength of light that is infinitely short? What would that look like?

edit: light as in electromagnetic waves, not visible light. Sorry if it was not very clear

  • jaybone@lemmy.zip
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    4 days ago

    How would you create the infinite wavelength? Would you redshift a light source for eternity? Would you have to move it at the speed of light?

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      4 days ago

      Infinities are generally outside of practical applications, so you wouldn’t. It’s more of a thought experiment.