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From: "Greg Neill" <gneillREM@OVE.netcom.ca>
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"Cecil Moore" <Cecil.A.Moore@ieee.ONEDOT.org> wrote in message
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> Greg Neill wrote:
> > Einstein's equations are wholly compatible with Maxwell's.
>
> Are Maxwell's equations compatible with virtual photons?

Maxwell's equations comprise a classical theory.
Virtual photons are part of a quantum theory.

Maxwell's equations do not specify the composition or
mechanism of the underlying electromagnetic field, but
describe the field's properties and behavior in the
classical limit.