On Tuesday, December 17, 2024 at 6:57:28 PM UTC-7 Alan Grayson wrote:
I On Tuesday, December 17, 2024 at 2:33:46 PM UTC-7 Brent Meeker wrote: On 12/17/2024 9:25 AM, Alan Grayson wrote: Yes, you look at it just in terms of lengths, which is what I did in the first pair of diagrams. But the relativity of simultaneity is another way to look at the same problem, which is what I showed in my last posting. *Another way, but not the only way. AG * We seem to be on the same page concerning use of length contraction to explain the differing results in the frames under consideration. But I remain unclear how the disagreement of simultaneity can also give the same results. For example, suppose from the pov of the garage frame, the car fits in the garage for sufficient v, with room to spare, but the front and rear end EVENTS do not Lorentz transform into simultaneous events in the car frame. Can't there be other ways for the car to fit, using another set of events which* are* simultaneous in the car frame? AG Brent -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/129e35d6-2d07-40c2-bcf7-95b8040af789n%40googlegroups.com.
