On Time. 5b: Electromagnetic Time

TL;DR

This paper introduces a novel approach to the 2-body problem in electrodynamics using functional differential equations, suggesting a paradigm shift and exploring the empirical existence of advanced interactions.

Contribution

It formulates the 2-body electrodynamics problem with functional differential equations and discusses their implications for physics and quantum mechanics.

Findings

Functional differential equations describe electrodynamics 2-body problem

Evidence for possible advanced interactions in radiation

Connections to quantum mechanics established

Abstract

We formulate the 2-body problem of electrodynamics using functional differential equations, and explain the peculiar features of these equations which indicate a paradigm shift in physics. We examine the possible empirical existence of advanced interactions using various absorber theories of radiation. Functional differential equations were connected to quantum mechanics in a subsequent paper in this series and in later publications.