Ultraviolet catastrophe
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The prediction by classical physics that an infinite amount of energy would be emitted at the shortest wavelengths of blackbody radiation.
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Something Strange Happens When You Trust Quantum Mechanics
Veritasium
The prediction by classical physics that an infinite amount of energy would be emitted at the shortest wavelengths of blackbody radiation.
So You Want to Understand Quantum Mechanics…
PBS Space Time
The failure of classical physics, specifically the Rayleigh-Jeans law, to accurately predict the black body spectrum at high frequencies, predicting infinite energy.