Re: The Impossibility of Spacelike Length Contraction

On Oct 18, 1:26 am, Alen <al...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF SPACELIKE LENGTH CONTRACTION

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<< the volume of space-time can only be preserved
if the volume of ordinary 3-space is reduced by
the same factor. As is well-known, this is achieved
by length contraction along the direction of motion
by a factor gamma. >>

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Alen

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http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/D.Jefferies/antennas.html

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