Re: Theoretical experiment on relativity


"Ben Rudiak-Gould" <br276deleteme@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| drme1981@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
| > does this means that every 2.5 seconds from the observer's time = 1.25
| > seconds of the train traveller time ?
|
| No. That would imply that there's a direct relationship between the two
| times, such as delta t' = 2 delta t, but there isn't. The actual
| relationship is (from the Lorentz transformation)
|
| delta t' = gamma (delta t + v delta x)
|
| In the special case of delta x = 0, you get the time dilation formula. In
| the special case of |delta x| = |delta t| (a light beam), you get the
| redshift formula. In general, you get neither.
|
| -- Ben

Does that mean the train has to go there and back again, like a Hobbit?

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