Abstract
The mathematical concept of wave is a grosso modo idealization of collective behavior of numerous “small” units meeting certain criteria of identity as particles. All wave equations of physics meet this asymptotic characterization, including the free-space d’Alembertian of electromag-netism and the Schroedinger equation of matter-waves. The inherent plurality connotation of wave(s) as a collective manifestation makes the wave-particle duality an epistemological incompatibility, unless the particle is also given an appropriate plurality. This holds for E.M. wave versus photons as well as for matter-wave and leptons.
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Post, E.J. (1995). Copenhagen Versus Copenhagen. In: Quantum Reprogramming. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol 181. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8410-4_4
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