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Article #5404Re: THE BEST EXPLANATION OF LENGTH CONTRACTION
From: Sue...
Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:54
Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:54
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On Mar 6, 3:31 pm, Denis Feldmann <feldmann.denis.asuppri...@neuf.fr> wrote: > Rudolf Drabek a écrit : > > > > > I'm not good in understanding SR. > > I only want to know if I look to the situation from the pole's frame: > > So the distance between the barn doors is in any case too short, that > > the pole can fit into the barn. > > SR is symmetrical for time dilatation and length contraction, but not > > for this situation. > > Who can help me out. > > Easy: the whole scenario insist on *simultaneously closing the doors*, > and << simultaneity is not an absolute concept, >> Gosh! I guess the U.S. Navy just got lucky bringing down that faulty spy satellite. In fact, I have a lot of timing delays in my computer I think I remove if they don't do anything. :o) Sue... > so there is no > contradiction. But, of course, any serious student of SR knows that, or > can redemonstrate it to him(her)self convincingly, so you will only find > crank answers here...
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