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View SchemaRelativistic velocity addition and the relativity of space and time intervals
| Authors | J. H. Field |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0610065 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0610065 |
| License | http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/ |
Abstract
A thought experiment first proposed by Sartori is analysed using the parallel velocity addition formula of special relativity. The distances and proper-time intervals between some similarly defined spatial coincidence events are found to be widely different in different inertial frames. This relativity of space and time intervals is quite distinct from the well-known time-dilatation and length contraction effects of special relativity. Sartori's claimed derivation of the parallel velocity addition formula, assuming relativistic time dilatation, based on the thought experiment, is shown to be fortuitous.
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