#the original problematic equation was called the rayleigh jeans law

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another physics term that fucks is the ULTRAVIOLET CATASTROPHE. it basically refers to a big problem in early 20th century physics where a well-known equation for the intensity of light emitted by an object in thermal equilibrium, was not actually accurate for higher frequencies. it was later solved by max planck by assuming that light can be quantized into “packets,” what would later be called photons by einstein

#ever since that my cousin oskaar video i always say ultraviolent instead of ultraviolet #which makes this funnier. the ultraviolent catastrophe #brot posts #physics #astro posting #<- not exactly astro since its mostly just physics but it is relevant to astro too #plus i dont have a general physics posting tag so whatevs lol #anyway this is a huge generalization im trying not to go too indepth #the original problematic equation was called the rayleigh jeans law #and the more accurate form was then called plancks law #rayleigh jeans is still a good approximation at lower frequencies though