Re: Bending of light not well authenticated

"Koobee Wublee" <kublai@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| "John C. Polasek" <jpolasek@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| > But your argument applies directly to the Shapiro effect (1964)
where
| > Shapiro predicted that light passing near the Sun owuld take longer
| > than away. (Bouncing radar off Mars 200 usec). But light slowing
down
| > has never been featured in any part of early relativity from 1916 to
| > 1964 that I know of.
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| Shapiro's claim and the concept of GR are not mutually supportive. GR
must
| demand the speed of light to be constant every where. The claim that
any
| observer's speed of light is the same while the observed can have
different
| values of the speed of light in vacuum has problems under the concept
of GR.

I don't think GR really demands that at all. It's only the particular
geometry that is normally used that demands it. John has basically
derived GR using a different geometry scheme. However, it does require
the concept of dual space (or "dual space-time" if you prefer the
"normal" geometry).

FrediFizzx

http://www.vacuum-physics.com/QVC/quantum_vacuum_charge.pdf
or postscript
http://www.vacuum-physics.com/QVC/quantum_vacuum_charge.ps

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