Re: Gravitation and Maxwell's Electrodynamics, BOUNDARY CONDITIONS

 Craig Markwardt wrote:
> You have mistaken George's point.  He did not claim that it was
> possible that to choose *another* set of ratios than your chosen set.
>
> Indeed, there are 756 different ratios which are combinations A/(B+C),
> (A+B)/C or (A+B)/(C+D).  Thus, it is not surprising that -- by random
> chance -- you were able to choose one set that was within 0.04 of an
> integer.  There are in fact 36 such combinations.  That you found
> eight is almost a monument to the obvious.
>
> There are five ratios which give values close to 3, two that give
> ratios close to eight, three near 10.  Thus even your choice of ratios
> that yield a given value are not unique.  Furthermore, as I previously
> showed, two of your given ratios, .../MME and .../MVE, are very far
> from an integer (N.88, N.84) when appropriate masses are used.
>
> Your ordering of 3,5,7,... is purely a product of your own mind, and
> therefore is hardly unique.
>

I am writing to express my appreciation of Craig's analysis.  When I first
peeked at Aleksandr paper I thought all this guy has found is numerical
coincidences - so what?  However the analysis you gave above is much better.
Aleksandr was hounding me to reply to his paper and in the end I would
probably given one (as I am now taking him to task about his appalling lack
of understanding of the basics of QM) but it would not have been as good as
yours.

With Appreciation
Bill