Question: (a) Show, by conserving momentum and energy, that it is impossible for an isolated electron to radiate only a single photon. (b) With this result

(a) Show, by conserving momentum and energy, that it is impossible for an isolated electron to radiate only a single photon.
(b) With this result in mind, how can you defend the photon exchange diagram in Fig. 32-7?

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