Author(s)

Jean-Philippe Montillet

ESPlab, Ecole Polytechnique de Lausanne, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.

This work is a discussion on the energy parallax theory developed in [1] [2] based on the multiplicity of the solutions theorem. This theory is compared with the perturbation theory in mathematical physics. The perturbation theory uses the increment of a solution which can be formalized with a Taylor series development. With the energy parallax theory, the convergence property of the Taylor series of the energy of a system is the key to decide to include additional solutions, defined on the so-called energy spaces [2]. The development is supported using various examples in quantum mechanics (i.e. Rayleigh-Schrödinger perturbation theory) and wave theory with the Electromagnetic (EM) energy density (i.e. evanescent waves within the skin layer of a dielectric material). Finally, we discuss the Woodward effect [3] and the application of the energy parallax when assuming that the variations of EM energy density can trigger such effect within asymmetric cavities.

Electromagnetism, Perturbation Theory, Energy Parallax, Quantum Mechanics, Woodward Effect

Montillet, J. (2018) Discussion on the Energy Parallax and the Relationship to Perturbation Theory in Mathematical Physics. Journal of Modern Physics, 9, 479-499. doi: 10.4236/jmp.2018.93034.