Re: time dilation

On Apr 17, 9:05�pm, Bryan Olson <fakeaddr...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
rbwinn wrote:
Bryan Olson �wrote:
rbwinn wrote:
[...] So let's look at what
scientists say a clock would read in the train car.
� � � t'=(x-vt)/sqrt(1-v^2/c^2)
You have the units wrong. The clock reading will be in
seconds, not meters.

�t' in the Lorentz equations is t'=(t-vx/c^2)gamma.

And expanding gamma into terms of c and v, it is:

� � �t' = (t-(vx/c^2)) / sqrt(1-v^2/c^2)

If I wrote the
equation wrong, you have my most humble apologies.

What do you mean "if"? Can you not tell if you wrote the
equation wrong or not?

If I wrote the
above equation, I inadvertently confused two different equations.

Yup.

--
--Bryan

Well, someone changed another post I made. I would suspect this one
was changed also. That is something scientists do from time to time.
Robert B. Winn
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