You'll notice that the author doesn't expressly state what the paradox is, but clearly suggests it's the discrepancy between what the frames predict re: car fitting or not in the garage as predicted by the frames. But he then makes a claim that *"*The resolution *of the paradox is that if the front end of the car stops simultaneously to the back end from one "reference frame", that will not be true in the other."* Can you state exactly how this resolves the issue? TY, AG
http://insti.physics.sunysb.edu/~siegel/sr.html A famous "paradox" is trying to park a relativistic car in a garage: From the point of view of the car, the garage has "Lorentz contracted", and the car will no longer fit. But from the point of view of the garage, the car is now shorter, and so will fit even better. The resolution of the paradox is that if the front end of the car stops simultaneously to the back end from one "reference frame", that will not be true in the other. If both ends do not stop at the same time, the car changes length. (This has often been observed nonrelativistically, for cars stopped by trees or other cars.) -- 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/c739ac3a-8ea3-4e4b-9141-46741d14fef5n%40googlegroups.com.
