Re: The GPS GR Correction, put to Rest.

From: Henri Wilson (H_at_..(Henri)
Date: 10/04/04 

Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2004 20:01:25 GMT

On Mon, 04 Oct 2004 16:13:36 GMT, John Polasek <jpolasek@cfl.rr.com> wrote:

>On Sun, 03 Oct 2004 21:43:01 GMT, H@..(Henri Wilson) wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 03 Oct 2004 14:17:56 GMT, John C. Polasek <jpolasek@cfl.rr.com> wrote:
>>

>>>Because observed clock rates suffer a loss due to the Lorentz
>>>transform of (approx.) v^2/2*c^2, and the relative v has doubled so
>>>the discrepancy is multiplied by 4.
>>
>>What about the square root?
>>(Actually I don't believe it slows at all)

>Maybe this will help: 1 - sqrt(1-x^2) = x^2/2 for small x.

So does SR only work if v<<c?

HW.

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