Talk:Mie theory

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[edit] Question about usage of the term "Mie solution"

Would someone familiar with this theory know why the term "Mie solution" (with no article) is used as the singular? Coming from an unrelated field, sentences such as "Mie theory is not a correct name because it is not a theory per se, rather Mie solution to Maxwell's equations should be used" sound like sentence fragments. To me, either "a/the Mie solution" or "Mie's solution" sound more grammatically correct (i.e., the name is used as an adjective and hence takes an article or just as a possessive). The former gibes with the plural that is used later on: "Mie solutions." —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 130.15.126.81 (talk) 14:43, 14 December 2006 (UTC).

in the book Scattering, Absorption, and Emission of Light by Small Particles by Mishchenko et al, the term Lorenz-Mie theory is used with no acknowledgment of it's correctness, however, I believe it to be a proper usage. Csocean 13:12, 5 June 2007 (UTC)