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On 17 Apr 1997, Kevin Anthony Scaldeferri wrote:

> In article <Pine.OSF.3.95.970417182445.29917B-100000@ruunat.fys.ruu.nl>,
> Dries van Oosten  <dvoosten@fys.ruu.nl> wrote:
> 
> >doesn't change. If it would, what you say would have to be true and what
> >you say can't be true since this would mean that light (moving at c) would
> >see all masses infinitely large. This would mean that all masses would
> >"attract" light with the same strength. This is absurd. Every object would
> >be a black hole. Correct me if I make a mistake here, but this is how I
> >see it.
> 
> Just because two quantities are infinite doesn't mean they are equal.
> If you look at the ratio of the observed masses as the observer's
> velocity is taken to c, it will be different from 1.


This is not what I meant. What I meant is that if light sees all mass as
infinite, everything would be a black hole.

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> Kevin Scaldeferri				University of Maryland
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Dries van Oosten

Eat any good books lately?