Another reason I wanted to point this out in terms of the polar coordinates that we're using, is I think they're actually flipped from what you're used to seeing in physics.

另一个我想指出,我们采用极坐标的原因是，我认为它们实际上是,从你们习惯于看到的物理学中出来的。

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And the reason is, and this will come up on the problems and a lot of students end up using this equation, which is why I want to head it off and mention it ahead of time, we can't use an equation because this equation is very specific for light.

原因是，很多同学在解题时,都会用这个方程，所以我要,事先提醒你们一下,我们不能用这个方程，因为它只对光是用。

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