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View SchemaSynchronization and Inertial Frames
| Authors | C. P. Viazminsky |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/9907020 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/9907020 |
Abstract
In classical mechanics, a procedure for simultaneous synchronization in all inertial frames is consistent with the Galilean transformation. However, if one attempts to achieve such a synchronization utilizing light signals, he will be facing in the first place the break down of simultaneity, and secondly, a self-contradictory transformation that has the Lorentz transformation, or its confinement to the velocity of light, as the only possible ways that resolve the contradiction. The current work constitutes a smooth transition from traditional to relativistic vision of mechanics, and therefore is quite appealing from pedagogical point of view.
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