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Re: GREAT DEDUCTIVISTS RAGING IN NATURAL SCIENCES

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From: Earle Jones
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 19:32
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<e9177859-c870-4c97-8581-c37153647778@n11g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>,
 Pentcho Valev <pvalev@yahoo.com> wrote:

> More REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM. The problem: Initially the observer is at
> rest relative to the light source but then starts moving towards the
> source. The frequency (measured by the observer) increases. Does the
> speed of light (relative to the observer) increase as well or does it
> remain constant?
> 
> (1) Premise: The principle of relativity
> (2) Premise: Einstein's 1905 light postulate
> (3) Premise: (frequency)=(speed of light)/(wavelength)
> (4) Premise: The wavelength is determined by the light source and is
> independent of the movements of the observer

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No.

The wavelength is equal to the speed of light divided by the frequency.

earle
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