A STOCHASTIC-MODEL OF MAXWELLS EQUATIONS IN 1-DIMENSIONS(1)

We show that the random walk model due to Mark Kac which underlies the telegraph equations may be modified to produce Maxwell's field equati ons in 1 + 1 dimensions. This provides the field equations with a repr esentation in terms of classical particles. It also establishes the Ka c model as a strong conceptual link between the diffusion, telegraph, and Maxwell equations, and suggests that recent simulations of the Sch rodinger and Dirac equations are analogous to Maxwell's equation in te rms of interpretation.