Three Ring Circus
- From: skearney@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: 29 Dec 2005 21:41:50 -0800
Imagine three rings, side by side, with maglev tracks on the inside
surface. Trains run on these at gamma two (86.6% the sol), seven and
twentysix, so that, to an observer stationary to the tracks, their
length contraction and time dialation are 2, 7 and 26 respectively.
As I understand it, an observer on the first train will see the
trains on the second and third tracks as being contracted and time
dilated by a factor of two and seven respectively. An observer on the
second track train will see the train on the third as being contracted
by two and likewise the train on the first track, only in the opposite
direction.
Now suppose there are clocks on all the train cars. Wouldn't an
observer on any of the trains find the time measured by the clocks on
the other trains inconsistant with his relativistic calculations?
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