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eljose79
Aug24-04, 02:13 PM
given a frame of reference s In General Relativity in wich you meassure an interval of space dx, could we have another frame S`so the observer in that S`see that dx observed in S as a time interval dt?

robphy
Aug24-04, 02:40 PM
given a frame of reference s In General Relativity in wich you meassure an interval of space dx, could we have another frame S`so the observer in that S`see that dx observed in S as a time interval dt?

If you are asking
"Could [in a small neighborhood] a displacement interval be determined to be spacelike (i.e., have negative square-norm) to one observer but timelike (i.e., have positive square-norm) to another observer?",
the answer is no.
The character of the displacement interval is determined by the metric tensor at the event, not by the choice an observer at that event.

pervect
Aug24-04, 04:51 PM
given a frame of reference s In General Relativity in wich you meassure an interval of space dx, could we have another frame S`so the observer in that S`see that dx observed in S as a time interval dt?

I don't think so. A spacelike interval will remain spacelike for all observers, a timlike interval will remain timelike.

LURCH
Aug25-04, 01:09 PM
In anither thread (about Black Holes) somone mentioned reading that, at the EH, spacelike worldlines become timelike and vise-versa. Is this incorrect?

selfAdjoint
Aug25-04, 06:00 PM
In the Schwartzschild metric, the "radial" direction out side the horizon switches to a time direction inside. This again is a feature of that coordinate system.

pervect
Aug25-04, 06:36 PM
In anither thread (about Black Holes) somone mentioned reading that, at the EH, spacelike worldlines become timelike and vise-versa. Is this incorrect?

No, it is correct that at the event horizon the 'r' coordinate switches roles from being space-like to time-like. However, the original question was whether some specific interval could be considered space-like by one observer, and time-like by another. The fact that the r-coordiante is time-like inside the event horizon and space-like outside does not imply that different observers see the same interval differently. _All_ observers will agree that some vector pointing in the 'r' direction is spacelike when r is outside the event horizon. And they'll agree that a different vector r1 located inside the event horizon is timelike.