If energy increases with decreasing wavelength, then...

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Sam_A
..then a wavelength of zero nanometers has infinite energy?
 
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mfb said:
There is no "wavelength of zero nanometers".
Okay, how about.. as the wavelength approaches zero nanometers, the energy approaches infinity? Is there a limit in this?
 
Sam_A said:
Okay, how about.. as the wavelength approaches zero nanometers, the energy approaches infinity?
The energy per photon, yes.
There is no proper limit.