Re: Wavelength and Doppler (was Re: Basic Acoustic Derivation/Proof Needed)

From: RP (no_mail_no_spam_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 10/11/04 

Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 07:29:07 -0500

Bob Cain wrote:
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> RP wrote:
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>> They are mutually exclusive logical systems, and as such the
>> conclusions of one bear no effect whatsoever on the conclusions of the
>> other.
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> Only because they have a mutually exclusive premise. Newton's theory
> requires that light veloctities be additive. Einstein's requires the
> opposite, that it be constant for all observers. From only this
> difference, the first part of his paper develops his theory purely
> kinematically and arrives at the Lorentz transformation.
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>> They can both be correct, and moreover one can be correct and the
>> incorrect given exactly the same mathematical conclusion.
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> Not sure what you mean here. There is an incorrect premise in Newton's
> theory that leads to incorrect prediction.

Which prediction would that be?

Richard Perry

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