Re: Lorentz transformations - a derivation

From: jem (xxx_at_xxx.xxx)
Date: 01/09/05 

Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2005 08:29:40 -0500

Bilge wrote:
> jem:
>
> >Remember this proposed definition? An inertial reference frame is a
> >reference frame in which all stationary standard clocks tick at the same
> >rate.
>
> Yes, I remember it. It's still circular and doesn't explain what
> ``ticks at the same rate'' means.

"Ticks at the same rate" means the number of ticks recorded on each
clock is equal over every time interval. The comparison between any 2
clocks is accomplished by sending signals from one to the other and
comparing the rate of the received signal with the tick rate of the
clock at the reception point. This comparison can be done without
synchronizing the clocks (although synchronizing them at the onset would
make an actual comparison easier).

Where do you see circularity?

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