| > No you haven't, you only think you have. | > Do it again, properly, and I'll point out your error. | > Androcles | > | | Well, I don't know how "proper" this is, but here's a reprise | of my earlier thought-stream. | | I make the following assumptions. | | [1] coincident origins, primarily for my convenience. Ok. 0------1------2------3-------4--x k frame, t = 0. 0'-----1'-----2'------3'------4--x' K frame, tau = 0. | [2] Translation definition. 0-------1-------2-------3-------4--x t = 1. |<-vt->|<-vt->|<-vt->|<-vt->|---|<-vt->| --------0'-------1'------2'------3'------4--x' tau = 1. x' = x+vt. Sanity check: 0' = 0+vt = 1 when t = 1, v = 1. Looks good. |
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