What is mathematically right can be physically wrong.
The Einsteinian transforms are:
x' = gamma (x-vt)
t' = gamma (t-vx/c^2)
Let's consider a series of so-called events (x, t=1), with v = 0.6 c,
and c = 1.
x and x' are in light-seconds, t and t' in seconds.
x t' x' Comments
__ __ __ _________
0 1.25 -0.75 Why is x' negative? (Don't
bother, I know the SRist answer)
0.33 1 -0.3375 Notice, t' = t !
0.6 0.8 0 Here is the only physically
valid case (x = vt)
1.6667 0 1.3333 Eternity?
3 -1 3 The fountain of youth !
I can't swallow such crap. This is why I am trying to find the logical
flaw in the transformation derivation.
Marcel Luttgens
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