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View SchemaA note on Dolby and Gull on radar time and the twin "paradox"
| Authors | Antony Eagle |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0411008 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0411008 |
| DOI | 10.1119/1.1994855 |
| Journal | Am.J.Phys. 73 (2005) 976-979 |
Abstract
Recently a suggestion has been made that standard textbook representations of hypersurfaces of simultaneity for the travelling twin in the twin "paradox" are incorrect. This suggestion is false: the standard textbooks are in agreement with a proper understanding of the relativity of simultaneity.
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