Are you suggesting that instead of a point source - now you have a conglomeration of sources?The fundamental cause for the inverse square law can be understood as geometric dilution corresponding to point-source radiation into three-dimensional space. But what if each individual point in that space had to be taken into account?
I'm not sure if this is what you mean, but it sounds like Huygens Principle. Several sources cause interference patterns and you would have to look at each point to the right of the screen.The fundamental cause for the inverse square law can be understood as geometric dilution corresponding to point-source radiation into three-dimensional space. But what if each individual point in that space had to be taken into account?
Subhotosh Khan and Topquarks:I'm not sure if this is what you mean, but it sounds like Huygens Principle. Several sources cause interference patterns and you would have to look at each point to the right of the screen.
-Dan