View Full Version : arXiv endorsement request
Eugene Shubert
Sep3-04, 05:59 AM
<jabberwocky><div class="vbmenu_control"><a href="jabberwocky:;" onClick="newWindow=window.open('','usenetCode','toolbar=no, location=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,status=no ,width=650,height=400'); newWindow.document.write('<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Usenet ASCII</TITLE></HEAD><BODY topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 BGCOLOR=#F1F1F1><table border=0 width=625><td bgcolor=midnightblue><font color=#F1F1F1>This Usenet message\'s original ASCII form: </font></td></tr><tr><td width=449><br><br><font face=courier><UL><PRE>\nI\'m looking for an endorsement so that I can submit an article to\nthe physics.ed-ph section of arXiv. According to the rules, the\nendorsement must come from someone who\'s registered as an endorser\nfor the physics.ed-ph (Physics Education) subject class of arXiv.\n\nThe paper I wish to submit is titled, "The Time Structure of Special\nRelativity".\nhttp://www.everythingimportant.org/relativity/1st-draft.pdf\n\nAlso, if anyone would like to recommend easy last minute corrections\nthat I should make, I would greatly appreciate it.\n\nThanks.\n\nEugene Shubert\n\n\n\n\n\n</UL></PRE></font></td></tr></table></BODY><HTML>');"> <IMG SRC=/images/buttons/ip.gif BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER ALT="View this Usenet post in original ASCII form"> View this Usenet post in original ASCII form </a></div><P></jabberwocky>I'm looking for an endorsement so that I can submit an article to
the physics.ed-ph section of arXiv. According to the rules, the
endorsement must come from someone who's registered as an endorser
for the physics.ed-ph (Physics Education) subject class of arXiv.
The paper I wish to submit is titled, "The Time Structure of Special
Relativity".
http://www.everythingimportant.org/relativity/1st-draft.pdf
Also, if anyone would like to recommend easy last minute corrections
that I should make, I would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks.
Eugene Shubert
Uncle Al
Sep4-04, 03:06 AM
<jabberwocky><div class="vbmenu_control"><a href="jabberwocky:;" onClick="newWindow=window.open('','usenetCode','toolbar=no, location=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,status=no ,width=650,height=400'); newWindow.document.write('<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Usenet ASCII</TITLE></HEAD><BODY topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 BGCOLOR=#F1F1F1><table border=0 width=625><td bgcolor=midnightblue><font color=#F1F1F1>This Usenet message\'s original ASCII form: </font></td></tr><tr><td width=449><br><br><font face=courier><UL><PRE>Eugene Shubert wrote:\n>\n> I\'m looking for an endorsement so that I can submit an article to\n> the physics.ed-ph section of arXiv. According to the rules, the\n> endorsement must come from someone who\'s registered as an endorser\n> for the physics.ed-ph (Physics Education) subject class of arXiv.\n>\n> The paper I wish to submit is titled, "The Time Structure of Special\n> Relativity".\n> http://www.everythingimportant.org/relativity/1st-draft.pdf\n>\n> Also, if anyone would like to recommend easy last minute corrections\n> that I should make, I would greatly appreciate it.\n\nFirst line:\n"The Lorentz transformation group may be interpreted physically as a\nuniversal, everywhere present clock."\n\nConclusion:\n"What we have actually constructed is a colossal, universal,\neverywhere present clock. The clock is wondrously intricate. It has an\ninfinite number of moving parts, but don=92t ask me what they=92re made\nof. Each part moves at a unique speed and every possible speed has\nbeen represented.\n\nAnyone considering endorsement should first critically read the\npaper. If nothing else, rework by a skilled editor is required.\n\n--\nUncle Al\nhttp://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/\n(Toxic URL! Unsafe for children and most mammals)\nhttp://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/qz.pdf\n\n</UL></PRE></font></td></tr></table></BODY><HTML>');"> <IMG SRC=/images/buttons/ip.gif BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER ALT="View this Usenet post in original ASCII form"> View this Usenet post in original ASCII form </a></div><P></jabberwocky>Eugene Shubert wrote:
>
> I'm looking for an endorsement so that I can submit an article to
> the physics.ed-ph section of arXiv. According to the rules, the
> endorsement must come from someone who's registered as an endorser
> for the physics.ed-ph (Physics Education) subject class of arXiv.
>
> The paper I wish to submit is titled, "The Time Structure of Special
> Relativity".
> http://www.everythingimportant.org/relativity/1st-draft.pdf
>
> Also, if anyone would like to recommend easy last minute corrections
> that I should make, I would greatly appreciate it.
First line:
"The Lorentz transformation group may be interpreted physically as a
universal, everywhere present clock."
Conclusion:
"What we have actually constructed is a colossal, universal,
everywhere present clock. The clock is wondrously intricate. It has an
infinite number of moving parts, but don=92t ask me what they=92re made
of. Each part moves at a unique speed and every possible speed has
been represented.
Anyone considering endorsement should first critically read the
paper. If nothing else, rework by a skilled editor is required.
--
Uncle Al
http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/
(Toxic URL! Unsafe for children and most mammals)
http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/qz.pdf
Eugene Shubert
Sep7-04, 03:10 PM
<jabberwocky><div class="vbmenu_control"><a href="jabberwocky:;" onClick="newWindow=window.open('','usenetCode','toolbar=no, location=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,status=no ,width=650,height=400'); newWindow.document.write('<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Usenet ASCII</TITLE></HEAD><BODY topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 BGCOLOR=#F1F1F1><table border=0 width=625><td bgcolor=midnightblue><font color=#F1F1F1>This Usenet message\'s original ASCII form: </font></td></tr><tr><td width=449><br><br><font face=courier><UL><PRE>\n\n"Eugene Shubert" wrote in message\nnews:41380389@sys13.hou.wt.net...\n>\n> I\'m looking for an endorsement so that I can submit an article to\n> the physics.ed-ph section of arXiv. According to the rules, the\n> endorsement must come from someone who\'s registered as an endorser\n> for the physics.ed-ph (Physics Education) subject class of arXiv.\n>\n> The paper I wish to submit is titled, "The Time Structure of Special\n> Relativity".\n> http://www.everythingimportant.org/relativity/1st-draft.pdf\n>\n> Also, if anyone would like to recommend easy last minute corrections\n> that I should make, I would greatly appreciate it.\n>\n> Thanks.\n\nOne person, who was extremely helpful, made it clear to me that my\npaper contained an essential paragraph that was confusing. I have\nrepaired or otherwise removed the previously defective/misleading\nstatements. If anyone would like to take a second look and offer a\nuseful comment, I would greatly appreciate it.\nhttp://www.everythingimportant.org/relativity/1st-draft.pdf\n\nEugene Shubert\n\n\n\n\n\n</UL></PRE></font></td></tr></table></BODY><HTML>');"> <IMG SRC=/images/buttons/ip.gif BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER ALT="View this Usenet post in original ASCII form"> View this Usenet post in original ASCII form </a></div><P></jabberwocky>"Eugene Shubert" wrote in message
news:41380389@sys13.hou.wt.net...
>
> I'm looking for an endorsement so that I can submit an article to
> the physics.ed-ph section of arXiv. According to the rules, the
> endorsement must come from someone who's registered as an endorser
> for the physics.ed-ph (Physics Education) subject class of arXiv.
>
> The paper I wish to submit is titled, "The Time Structure of Special
> Relativity".
> http://www.everythingimportant.org/relativity/1st-draft.pdf
>
> Also, if anyone would like to recommend easy last minute corrections
> that I should make, I would greatly appreciate it.
>
> Thanks.
One person, who was extremely helpful, made it clear to me that my
paper contained an essential paragraph that was confusing. I have
repaired or otherwise removed the previously defective/misleading
statements. If anyone would like to take a second look and offer a
useful comment, I would greatly appreciate it.
http://www.everythingimportant.org/relativity/1st-draft.pdf
Eugene Shubert
chris h fleming
Sep8-04, 06:15 AM
<jabberwocky><div class="vbmenu_control"><a href="jabberwocky:;" onClick="newWindow=window.open('','usenetCode','toolbar=no, location=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,status=no ,width=650,height=400'); newWindow.document.write('<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Usenet ASCII</TITLE></HEAD><BODY topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 BGCOLOR=#F1F1F1><table border=0 width=625><td bgcolor=midnightblue><font color=#F1F1F1>This Usenet message\'s original ASCII form: </font></td></tr><tr><td width=449><br><br><font face=courier><UL><PRE>\n\n"Eugene Shubert" <040903@everythingimportant.org> wrote in message news:<41380389@sys13.hou.wt.net>...\n> I\'m looking for an endorsement so that I can submit an article to\n> the physics.ed-ph section of arXiv. According to the rules, the\n> endorsement must come from someone who\'s registered as an endorser\n> for the physics.ed-ph (Physics Education) subject class of arXiv.\n>\n> The paper I wish to submit is titled, "The Time Structure of Special\n> Relativity".\n> http://www.everythingimportant.org/relativity/1st-draft.pdf\n>\n> Also, if anyone would like to recommend easy last minute corrections\n> that I should make, I would greatly appreciate it.\n>\n> Thanks.\n>\n> Eugene Shubert\n\nYou went from Galilean relativity to Special Relativity\n(*) not by making the speed of light invariant in all reference frames\n(*) not by looking for coordinate changes that leave the form of\nMaxwell\'s equations unchanged\n(*) but by a change of variables ?!?!?!\n\nExplain how this doesn\'t imply that\n(*) Galilean relativity == Special Relativity\n(*) You can derive anything from anything provided the proper change\nof variables\n</UL></PRE></font></td></tr></table></BODY><HTML>');"> <IMG SRC=/images/buttons/ip.gif BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER ALT="View this Usenet post in original ASCII form"> View this Usenet post in original ASCII form </a></div><P></jabberwocky>"Eugene Shubert" <040903@everythingimportant.org> wrote in message news:<41380389@sys13.hou.wt.net>...
> I'm looking for an endorsement so that I can submit an article to
> the physics.ed-ph section of arXiv. According to the rules, the
> endorsement must come from someone who's registered as an endorser
> for the physics.ed-ph (Physics Education) subject class of arXiv.
>
> The paper I wish to submit is titled, "The Time Structure of Special
> Relativity".
> http://www.everythingimportant.org/relativity/1st-draft.pdf
>
> Also, if anyone would like to recommend easy last minute corrections
> that I should make, I would greatly appreciate it.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Eugene Shubert
You went from Galilean relativity to Special Relativity
(*) not by making the speed of light invariant in all reference frames
(*) not by looking for coordinate changes that leave the form of
Maxwell's equations unchanged
(*) but by a change of variables ?!?!?!
Explain how this doesn't imply that
(*) Galilean relativity == Special Relativity
(*) You can derive anything from anything provided the proper change
of variables
Uncle Al
Sep8-04, 06:15 AM
<jabberwocky><div class="vbmenu_control"><a href="jabberwocky:;" onClick="newWindow=window.open('','usenetCode','toolbar=no, location=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,status=no ,width=650,height=400'); newWindow.document.write('<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Usenet ASCII</TITLE></HEAD><BODY topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 BGCOLOR=#F1F1F1><table border=0 width=625><td bgcolor=midnightblue><font color=#F1F1F1>This Usenet message\'s original ASCII form: </font></td></tr><tr><td width=449><br><br><font face=courier><UL><PRE>\n\nEugene Shubert wrote:\n>\n> "Eugene Shubert" wrote in message\n> news:41380389@sys13.hou.wt.net...\n> >\n> > I\'m looking for an endorsement so that I can submit an article to\n> > the physics.ed-ph section of arXiv. According to the rules, the\n> > endorsement must come from someone who\'s registered as an endorser\n> > for the physics.ed-ph (Physics Education) subject class of arXiv.\n> >\n> > The paper I wish to submit is titled, "The Time Structure of Special\n> > Relativity".\n> > http://www.everythingimportant.org/relativity/1st-draft.pdf\n> >\n> > Also, if anyone would like to recommend easy last minute corrections\n> > that I should make, I would greatly appreciate it.\n> >\n> > Thanks.\n>\n> One person, who was extremely helpful, made it clear to me that my\n> paper contained an essential paragraph that was confusing. I have\n> repaired or otherwise removed the previously defective/misleading\n> statements. If anyone would like to take a second look and offer a\n> useful comment, I would greatly appreciate it.\n> http://www.everythingimportant.org/relativity/1st-draft.pdf\n\nThis has been extensively beaten about in sci.physics. The concept is\nfatally flawed and the presentation still needs an editor.\n\n--\nUncle Al\nhttp://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/\n(Toxic URL! Unsafe for children and most mammals)\nhttp://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/qz.pdf\n</UL></PRE></font></td></tr></table></BODY><HTML>');"> <IMG SRC=/images/buttons/ip.gif BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER ALT="View this Usenet post in original ASCII form"> View this Usenet post in original ASCII form </a></div><P></jabberwocky>Eugene Shubert wrote:
>
> "Eugene Shubert" wrote in message
> news:41380389@sys13.hou.wt.net...
> >
> > I'm looking for an endorsement so that I can submit an article to
> > the physics.ed-ph section of arXiv. According to the rules, the
> > endorsement must come from someone who's registered as an endorser
> > for the physics.ed-ph (Physics Education) subject class of arXiv.
> >
> > The paper I wish to submit is titled, "The Time Structure of Special
> > Relativity".
> > http://www.everythingimportant.org/relativity/1st-draft.pdf
> >
> > Also, if anyone would like to recommend easy last minute corrections
> > that I should make, I would greatly appreciate it.
> >
> > Thanks.
>
> One person, who was extremely helpful, made it clear to me that my
> paper contained an essential paragraph that was confusing. I have
> repaired or otherwise removed the previously defective/misleading
> statements. If anyone would like to take a second look and offer a
> useful comment, I would greatly appreciate it.
> http://www.everythingimportant.org/relativity/1st-draft.pdf
This has been extensively beaten about in sci.physics. The concept is
fatally flawed and the presentation still needs an editor.
--
Uncle Al
http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/
(Toxic URL! Unsafe for children and most mammals)
http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/qz.pdf
<jabberwocky><div class="vbmenu_control"><a href="jabberwocky:;" onClick="newWindow=window.open('','usenetCode','toolbar=no, location=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,status=no ,width=650,height=400'); newWindow.document.write('<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Usenet ASCII</TITLE></HEAD><BODY topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 BGCOLOR=#F1F1F1><table border=0 width=625><td bgcolor=midnightblue><font color=#F1F1F1>This Usenet message\'s original ASCII form: </font></td></tr><tr><td width=449><br><br><font face=courier><UL><PRE>"Eugene Shubert" <040903@everythingimportant.org> wrote in message news:<41380389@sys13.hou.wt.net>...\n> The paper I wish to submit is titled, "The Time Structure of Special\n> Relativity".\n> http://www.everythingimportant.org/relativity/1st-draft.pdf\n\nWhen I looked at this paper it appeared at first sight to be a\nderivation Lorentz transformation using one space dimension. As the\nstandard derivation relies on having a second dimension perpendicular\nto that of the velocity, I thought I\'d read more. In fact it doesn\'t\ndo what I hoped, that is it doesn\'t derive the Lorentz transformation\nbased on the constant speed of light. Rather it describes a\ncoordinate transformation for which infinite velocity in one set of\ncoordinates corresponds to the velocity of light in the other. However\nit doesn\'t say how this relates to the physics of the situation, so I\ndon\'t really think that it would be useful to beginning students.\nOn the other hand it seems to me that these two coordinate systems\ncorrespond to those of the GR description of the universe (in which\nvelocity of separation has no limit) and of SR (where velocity is\nlimited by c). Since people often get these two coordinate systems\nconfused, it would probably be more useful if you thought along those\nlines.\n\nStephen Lee\nwww.chronon.org\n\n</UL></PRE></font></td></tr></table></BODY><HTML>');"> <IMG SRC=/images/buttons/ip.gif BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER ALT="View this Usenet post in original ASCII form"> View this Usenet post in original ASCII form </a></div><P></jabberwocky>"Eugene Shubert" <040903@everythingimportant.org> wrote in message news:<41380389@sys13.hou.wt.net>...
> The paper I wish to submit is titled, "The Time Structure of Special
> Relativity".
> http://www.everythingimportant.org/relativity/1st-draft.pdf
When I looked at this paper it appeared at first sight to be a
derivation Lorentz transformation using one space dimension. As the
standard derivation relies on having a second dimension perpendicular
to that of the velocity, I thought I'd read more. In fact it doesn't
do what I hoped, that is it doesn't derive the Lorentz transformation
based on the constant speed of light. Rather it describes a
coordinate transformation for which infinite velocity in one set of
coordinates corresponds to the velocity of light in the other. However
it doesn't say how this relates to the physics of the situation, so I
don't really think that it would be useful to beginning students.
On the other hand it seems to me that these two coordinate systems
correspond to those of the GR description of the universe (in which
velocity of separation has no limit) and of SR (where velocity is
limited by c). Since people often get these two coordinate systems
confused, it would probably be more useful if you thought along those
lines.
Stephen Lee
www.chronon.org
Eugene Shubert
Sep9-04, 04:06 PM
<jabberwocky><div class="vbmenu_control"><a href="jabberwocky:;" onClick="newWindow=window.open('','usenetCode','toolbar=no, location=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,status=no ,width=650,height=400'); newWindow.document.write('<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Usenet ASCII</TITLE></HEAD><BODY topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 BGCOLOR=#F1F1F1><table border=0 width=625><td bgcolor=midnightblue><font color=#F1F1F1>This Usenet message\'s original ASCII form: </font></td></tr><tr><td width=449><br><br><font face=courier><UL><PRE>"chris h fleming" <chris_h_fleming@yahoo.com> wrote in message\nnews:8dd8e508.0409072300.2f2ae77a@posting .google.com...\n> "Eugene Shubert" wrote\n> http://www.everythingimportant.org/relativity/special.pdf\n>\n> You went from Galilean relativity to Special Relativity\n> (*) not by making the speed of light invariant in all reference\n> frames\n> (*) not by looking for coordinate changes that leave the form of\n> Maxwell\'s equations unchanged\n\nCorrect.\n\n> (*) but by a change of variables ?!?!?!\n\nThe process does indeed involve resetting clocks and taking a proper\nvelocity u that was defined physically and then defining an ordinary\nvelocity v by the equation u=v/sqrt(1-v^2/c^2). How does this violate\nthe laws of physics?\n\n> Explain how this doesn\'t imply that\n> (*) Galilean relativity == Special Relativity\n\nBecause no relativist at sci.physics.relativity could find a flaw with\nany step in my argument, I will reveal my secrets here. In my paper, a\nGalilean synchronization between any two frames of reference means\nthat time in those two frames can be defined in the Shubertian clock\nsense as\n\nT= (x-x\')/u\nT\'=(x-x\')/u\n\nMy critics are unsophisticated dupes. They accuse me of saying that\nthe difference between Galilean and Ordinary Relativity is just\nmathematical trickery and the power of suggestion. The truth is my\nderivation of the Lorentz transformation just appears to be magic,\nbecause I do it so easily. The great secret that I\'ve been exploiting\nis that a Galilean synchronization exists between any two frames of\nreference but not for three simultaneously.\n\nEugene Shubert\nhttp://www.everythingimportant.org\n\n</UL></PRE></font></td></tr></table></BODY><HTML>');"> <IMG SRC=/images/buttons/ip.gif BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER ALT="View this Usenet post in original ASCII form"> View this Usenet post in original ASCII form </a></div><P></jabberwocky>"chris h fleming" <chris_h_fleming@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:8dd8e508.0409072300.2f2ae77a@posting.google.c om...
> "Eugene Shubert" wrote
> http://www.everythingimportant.org/relativity/special.pdf
>
> You went from Galilean relativity to Special Relativity
> (*) not by making the speed of light invariant in all reference
> frames
> (*) not by looking for coordinate changes that leave the form of
> Maxwell's equations unchanged
Correct.
> (*) but by a change of variables ?!?!?!
The process does indeed involve resetting clocks and taking a proper
velocity u that was defined physically and then defining an ordinary
velocity v by the equation u=v/\sqrt(1-v^2/c^2). How does this violate
the laws of physics?
> Explain how this doesn't imply that
> (*) Galilean relativity == Special Relativity
Because no relativist at sci.physics.relativity could find a flaw with
any step in my argument, I will reveal my secrets here. In my paper, a
Galilean synchronization between any two frames of reference means
that time in those two frames can be defined in the Shubertian clock
sense as
T= (x-x')/uT'=(x-x')/u
My critics are unsophisticated dupes. They accuse me of saying that
the difference between Galilean and Ordinary Relativity is just
mathematical trickery and the power of suggestion. The truth is my
derivation of the Lorentz transformation just appears to be magic,
because I do it so easily. The great secret that I've been exploiting
is that a Galilean synchronization exists between any two frames of
reference but not for three simultaneously.
Eugene Shubert
http://www.everythingimportant.org
Eugene Shubert
Sep12-04, 03:22 AM
<jabberwocky><div class="vbmenu_control"><a href="jabberwocky:;" onClick="newWindow=window.open('','usenetCode','toolbar=no, location=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,status=no ,width=650,height=400'); newWindow.document.write('<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Usenet ASCII</TITLE></HEAD><BODY topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 BGCOLOR=#F1F1F1><table border=0 width=625><td bgcolor=midnightblue><font color=#F1F1F1>This Usenet message\'s original ASCII form: </font></td></tr><tr><td width=449><br><br><font face=courier><UL><PRE>"chris h fleming" <chris_h_fleming@yahoo.com> wrote in message\nnews:8dd8e508.0409072300.2f2ae77a@posting .google.com...\n> "Eugene Shubert" wrote\n> http://www.everythingimportant.org/relativity/special.pdf\n>\n> You went from Galilean relativity to Special Relativity\n> (*) not by making the speed of light invariant in all reference\n> frames\n> (*) not by looking for coordinate changes that leave the form of\n> Maxwell\'s equations unchanged\n\nCorrect. But that shouldn\'t surprise you.\nhttp://groups.google.com/groups?selm=CQ1R9.535927\\$%m4.152001@rwcrnsc52.op s.asp.att.net\n\n> (*) but by a change of variables ?!?!?!\n\nThe process does indeed involve resetting clocks and taking a proper\nvelocity u that was defined physically and then defining an ordinary\nvelocity v by the equation u=v/sqrt(1-v^2/c^2). How does this violate\nthe laws of physics?\n\n> Explain how this doesn\'t imply that\n> (*) Galilean relativity == Special Relativity\n\nBecause no relativist at sci.physics.relativity could find a flaw with\nany step in my argument, I will reveal my secrets here. In my paper, a\nGalilean synchronization between any two frames of reference means\nthat time in those two frames can be defined in the Shubertian clock\nsense as\n\nT= (x-x\')/u\nT\'=(x-x\')/u\n\nMy critics accuse me of saying that the difference between\nGalilean and Ordinary Relativity is just mathematical trickery and\nthe power of suggestion. The truth is my derivation of the Lorentz\ntransformation just appears to be magic, because I do it so easily.\nThe great secret that I\'ve been exploiting is that a Galilean\nsynchronization exists between any two frames of reference but\nnot for three simultaneously.\n\nEugene Shubert\nhttp://www.everythingimportant.org\n\n</UL></PRE></font></td></tr></table></BODY><HTML>');"> <IMG SRC=/images/buttons/ip.gif BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER ALT="View this Usenet post in original ASCII form"> View this Usenet post in original ASCII form </a></div><P></jabberwocky>"chris h fleming" <chris_h_fleming@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:8dd8e508.0409072300.2f2ae77a@posting.google.c om...
> "Eugene Shubert" wrote
> http://www.everythingimportant.org/relativity/special.pdf
>
> You went from Galilean relativity to Special Relativity
> (*) not by making the speed of light invariant in all reference
> frames
> (*) not by looking for coordinate changes that leave the form of
> Maxwell's equations unchanged
Correct. But that shouldn't surprise you.
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=CQ1R9.535927$%m4.152001@rwcrnsc52.ops. asp.att.net
> (*) but by a change of variables ?!?!?!
The process does indeed involve resetting clocks and taking a proper
velocity u that was defined physically and then defining an ordinary
velocity v by the equation u=v/\sqrt(1-v^2/c^2). How does this violate
the laws of physics?
> Explain how this doesn't imply that
> (*) Galilean relativity == Special Relativity
Because no relativist at sci.physics.relativity could find a flaw with
any step in my argument, I will reveal my secrets here. In my paper, a
Galilean synchronization between any two frames of reference means
that time in those two frames can be defined in the Shubertian clock
sense as
T= (x-x')/uT'=(x-x')/u
My critics accuse me of saying that the difference between
Galilean and Ordinary Relativity is just mathematical trickery and
the power of suggestion. The truth is my derivation of the Lorentz
transformation just appears to be magic, because I do it so easily.
The great secret that I've been exploiting is that a Galilean
synchronization exists between any two frames of reference but
not for three simultaneously.
Eugene Shubert
http://www.everythingimportant.org
chris h fleming
Sep12-04, 03:24 AM
<jabberwocky><div class="vbmenu_control"><a href="jabberwocky:;" onClick="newWindow=window.open('','usenetCode','toolbar=no, location=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,status=no ,width=650,height=400'); newWindow.document.write('<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Usenet ASCII</TITLE></HEAD><BODY topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 BGCOLOR=#F1F1F1><table border=0 width=625><td bgcolor=midnightblue><font color=#F1F1F1>This Usenet message\'s original ASCII form: </font></td></tr><tr><td width=449><br><br><font face=courier><UL><PRE>"Eugene Shubert" <"http://www.everythingimportant.org"@sys13.hou.wt.net> wrote in message news:<413f1e8f@sys13.hou.wt.net>...\n> "chris h fleming" <chris_h_fleming@yahoo.com> wrote in message\n> news:8dd8e508.0409072300.2f2ae77a@posting.google.c om...\n> > "Eugene Shubert" wrote\n> > http://www.everythingimportant.org/relativity/special.pdf\n> >\n> > You went from Galilean relativity to Special Relativity\n> > (*) not by making the speed of light invariant in all reference\n> > frames\n> > (*) not by looking for coordinate changes that leave the form of\n> > Maxwell\'s equations unchanged\n>\n> Correct.\n>\n> > (*) but by a change of variables ?!?!?!\n>\n> The process does indeed involve resetting clocks and taking a proper\n> velocity u that was defined physically and then defining an ordinary\n> velocity v by the equation u=v/sqrt(1-v^2/c^2). How does this violate\n> the laws of physics?\n>\n> > Explain how this doesn\'t imply that\n> > (*) Galilean relativity == Special Relativity\n>\n> Because no relativist at sci.physics.relativity could find a flaw with\n> any step in my argument, I will reveal my secrets here. In my paper, a\n> Galilean synchronization between any two frames of reference means\n> that time in those two frames can be defined in the Shubertian clock\n> sense as\n>\n> T= (x-x\')/u\n> T\'=(x-x\')/u\n>\n> My critics are unsophisticated dupes. They accuse me of saying that\n> the difference between Galilean and Ordinary Relativity is just\n> mathematical trickery and the power of suggestion. The truth is my\n> derivation of the Lorentz transformation just appears to be magic,\n> because I do it so easily. The great secret that I\'ve been exploiting\n> is that a Galilean synchronization exists between any two frames of\n> reference but not for three simultaneously.\n>\n> Eugene Shubert\n> http://www.everythingimportant.org\n\nIf all you did was a change of variables then you never did any\nSpecial Relativity at all. You are still in a Euclidean space with a\nvery ugly set of coordinates. You can\'t make arbitrary Lorentz\ntransformations with these fake coordinates, as that would not\npreserve Euclidean distances. What\'s the point?\n\n</UL></PRE></font></td></tr></table></BODY><HTML>');"> <IMG SRC=/images/buttons/ip.gif BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER ALT="View this Usenet post in original ASCII form"> View this Usenet post in original ASCII form </a></div><P></jabberwocky>"Eugene Shubert" <"http://www.everythingimportant.org"@sys13.hou.wt.net> wrote in message news:<413f1e8f@sys13.hou.wt.net>...
> "chris h fleming" <chris_h_fleming@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:8dd8e508.0409072300.2f2ae77a@posting.google.c om...
> > "Eugene Shubert" wrote
> > http://www.everythingimportant.org/relativity/special.pdf
> >
> > You went from Galilean relativity to Special Relativity
> > (*) not by making the speed of light invariant in all reference
> > frames
> > (*) not by looking for coordinate changes that leave the form of
> > Maxwell's equations unchanged
>
> Correct.
>
> > (*) but by a change of variables ?!?!?!
>
> The process does indeed involve resetting clocks and taking a proper
> velocity u that was defined physically and then defining an ordinary
> velocity v by the equation u=v/\sqrt(1-v^2/c^2). How does this violate
> the laws of physics?
>
> > Explain how this doesn't imply that
> > (*) Galilean relativity == Special Relativity
>
> Because no relativist at sci.physics.relativity could find a flaw with
> any step in my argument, I will reveal my secrets here. In my paper, a
> Galilean synchronization between any two frames of reference means
> that time in those two frames can be defined in the Shubertian clock
> sense as
>
> T= (x-x')/u
> T'=(x-x')/u
>
> My critics are unsophisticated dupes. They accuse me of saying that
> the difference between Galilean and Ordinary Relativity is just
> mathematical trickery and the power of suggestion. The truth is my
> derivation of the Lorentz transformation just appears to be magic,
> because I do it so easily. The great secret that I've been exploiting
> is that a Galilean synchronization exists between any two frames of
> reference but not for three simultaneously.
>
> Eugene Shubert
> http://www.everythingimportant.org
If all you did was a change of variables then you never did any
Special Relativity at all. You are still in a Euclidean space with a
very ugly set of coordinates. You can't make arbitrary Lorentz
transformations with these fake coordinates, as that would not
preserve Euclidean distances. What's the point?
Mark Palenik
Sep15-04, 03:52 AM
<jabberwocky><div class="vbmenu_control"><a href="jabberwocky:;" onClick="newWindow=window.open('','usenetCode','toolbar=no, location=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,status=no ,width=650,height=400'); newWindow.document.write('<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Usenet ASCII</TITLE></HEAD><BODY topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 BGCOLOR=#F1F1F1><table border=0 width=625><td bgcolor=midnightblue><font color=#F1F1F1>This Usenet message\'s original ASCII form: </font></td></tr><tr><td width=449><br><br><font face=courier><UL><PRE>\n\n\n"Eugene Shubert" <040909@everythingimportant.org> wrote in message\nnews:41402ba0@sys13.hou.wt.net...\n> "chris h fleming" <chris_h_fleming@yahoo.com> wrote in message\n> news:8dd8e508.0409072300.2f2ae77a@posting.google.c om...\n>\n> > Explain how this doesn\'t imply that\n> > (*) Galilean relativity == Special Relativity\n>\n> Because no relativist at sci.physics.relativity could find a flaw with\n> any step in my argument, I will reveal my secrets here.\n\nI looked up the thread on sci.physics.relativity, and it seems that Bill\nHobba had the same complaint (it was dated 9/13, so this probably wasn\'t the\none you were referring to). And although the other respondants didn\'t\nmention any specific flaw, none of them seemed to believe it to be correct,\neither. From what I\'ve read of Bill Hobba and Dirk Van de moortel\'s posts,\nthey seem to be very competant in physics, and I believe they are probably\ntwo of the best indicators of rational thought on that group.\n\nBut even Androcles noticed that you defined gamma to be sqr(1-v^2/c^2),\nwhich isn\'t really a derivation of the lorentz transform. Why should we\nassume it to hold true in this universe. Mathematically you may be able to\nshow that the Lorentz transform is valid, or even that it can effectively\nmake some constant c act like infinity when it is applied - the place where\nphysics comes in is in showing that the Lorentz transform must apply in this\nuniverse, and that no other coordinate transformation fits observed reality.\n\n</UL></PRE></font></td></tr></table></BODY><HTML>');"> <IMG SRC=/images/buttons/ip.gif BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER ALT="View this Usenet post in original ASCII form"> View this Usenet post in original ASCII form </a></div><P></jabberwocky>"Eugene Shubert" <040909@everythingimportant.org> wrote in message
news:41402ba0@sys13.hou.wt.net...
> "chris h fleming" <chris_h_fleming@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:8dd8e508.0409072300.2f2ae77a@posting.google.c om...
>
> > Explain how this doesn't imply that
> > (*) Galilean relativity == Special Relativity
>
> Because no relativist at sci.physics.relativity could find a flaw with
> any step in my argument, I will reveal my secrets here.
I looked up the thread on sci.physics.relativity, and it seems that Bill
Hobba had the same complaint (it was dated 9/13, so this probably wasn't the
one you were referring to). And although the other respondants didn't
mention any specific flaw, none of them seemed to believe it to be correct,
either. From what I've read of Bill Hobba and Dirk Van de moortel's posts,
they seem to be very competant in physics, and I believe they are probably
two of the best indicators of rational thought on that group.
But even Androcles noticed that you defined \gamma to be sqr(1-v^2/c^2),
which isn't really a derivation of the lorentz transform. Why should we
assume it to hold true in this universe. Mathematically you may be able to
show that the Lorentz transform is valid, or even that it can effectively
make some constant c act like infinity when it is applied - the place where
physics comes in is in showing that the Lorentz transform must apply in this
universe, and that no other coordinate transformation fits observed reality.
David Rutherford
Sep16-04, 08:09 AM
<jabberwocky><div class="vbmenu_control"><a href="jabberwocky:;" onClick="newWindow=window.open('','usenetCode','toolbar=no, location=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,status=no ,width=650,height=400'); newWindow.document.write('<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Usenet ASCII</TITLE></HEAD><BODY topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 BGCOLOR=#F1F1F1><table border=0 width=625><td bgcolor=midnightblue><font color=#F1F1F1>This Usenet message\'s original ASCII form: </font></td></tr><tr><td width=449><br><br><font face=courier><UL><PRE>\nMark Palenik wrote:\n>\n> Mathematically you may be able to\n> show that the Lorentz transform is valid, or even that it can effectively\n> make some constant c act like infinity when it is applied - the place where\n> physics comes in is in showing that the Lorentz transform must apply in this\n> universe, and that no other coordinate transformation fits observed reality.\n\nIt isn\'t true that no other coordinate transform fits observed reality.\nMy Euclidean transform fits reality fine. Please see,\n\n"New Transformation Equations and the Electric Field Four-vector"\n\nat\n\nhttp://www.softcom.net/users/der555/newtransform.pdf\n\n--\nDave Rutherford\n"New Transformation Equations and the Electric Field Four-vector"\nhttp://www.softcom.net/users/der555/newtransform.pdf\n\nApplications:\n"4/3 Problem Resolution"\nhttp://www.softcom.net/users/der555/elecmass.pdf\n"Action-reaction Paradox Resolution"\nhttp://www.softcom.net/users/der555/actreact.pdf\n"Energy Density Correction"\nhttp://www.softcom.net/users/der555/enerdens.pdf\n"Proposed Quantum Mechanical Connection"\nhttp://www.softcom.net/users/der555/quantum.pdf\n\n</UL></PRE></font></td></tr></table></BODY><HTML>');"> <IMG SRC=/images/buttons/ip.gif BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER ALT="View this Usenet post in original ASCII form"> View this Usenet post in original ASCII form </a></div><P></jabberwocky>Mark Palenik wrote:
>
> Mathematically you may be able to
> show that the Lorentz transform is valid, or even that it can effectively
> make some constant c act like infinity when it is applied - the place where
> physics comes in is in showing that the Lorentz transform must apply in this
> universe, and that no other coordinate transformation fits observed reality.
It isn't true that no other coordinate transform fits observed reality.
My Euclidean transform fits reality fine. Please see,
"New Transformation Equations and the Electric Field Four-vector"
at
http://www.softcom.net/users/der555/newtransform.pdf
--
Dave Rutherford
"New Transformation Equations and the Electric Field Four-vector"
http://www.softcom.net/users/der555/newtransform.pdf
Applications:
"4/3 Problem Resolution"
http://www.softcom.net/users/der555/elecmass.pdf
"Action-reaction Paradox Resolution"
http://www.softcom.net/users/der555/actreact.pdf
"Energy Density Correction"
http://www.softcom.net/users/der555/enerdens.pdf
"Proposed Quantum Mechanical Connection"
http://www.softcom.net/users/der555/quantum.pdf
Danny Ross Lunsford
Sep16-04, 08:09 AM
<jabberwocky><div class="vbmenu_control"><a href="jabberwocky:;" onClick="newWindow=window.open('','usenetCode','toolbar=no, location=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,status=no ,width=650,height=400'); newWindow.document.write('<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Usenet ASCII</TITLE></HEAD><BODY topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 BGCOLOR=#F1F1F1><table border=0 width=625><td bgcolor=midnightblue><font color=#F1F1F1>This Usenet message\'s original ASCII form: </font></td></tr><tr><td width=449><br><br><font face=courier><UL><PRE>\n\n"Mark Palenik" <markpalenik@wideopenwest.com> wrote\n\n> But even Androcles noticed that you defined gamma to be sqr(1-v^2/c^2),\n> which isn\'t really a derivation of the lorentz transform. Why should we\n> assume it to hold true in this universe.\n\nExactly - in fact the Lorentz transformation comes from a simple\nhomogeneity and linearity argument where one does not assume t\'=t. Any\nother derivation must be somehow equivalent to this one at best. Since\nit is irreducibly simple, no better argument is needed, and none can\nbe given.\n\n-drl\n</UL></PRE></font></td></tr></table></BODY><HTML>');"> <IMG SRC=/images/buttons/ip.gif BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER ALT="View this Usenet post in original ASCII form"> View this Usenet post in original ASCII form </a></div><P></jabberwocky>"Mark Palenik" <markpalenik@wideopenwest.com> wrote
> But even Androcles noticed that you defined \gamma to be sqr(1-v^2/c^2),
> which isn't really a derivation of the lorentz transform. Why should we
> assume it to hold true in this universe.
Exactly - in fact the Lorentz transformation comes from a simple
homogeneity and linearity argument where one does not assume t'=t. Any
other derivation must be somehow equivalent to this one at best. Since
it is irreducibly simple, no better argument is needed, and none can
be given.
-drl
Eugene Shubert
Sep19-04, 07:55 AM
<jabberwocky><div class="vbmenu_control"><a href="jabberwocky:;" onClick="newWindow=window.open('','usenetCode','toolbar=no, location=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,status=no ,width=650,height=400'); newWindow.document.write('<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Usenet ASCII</TITLE></HEAD><BODY topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 BGCOLOR=#F1F1F1><table border=0 width=625><td bgcolor=midnightblue><font color=#F1F1F1>This Usenet message\'s original ASCII form: </font></td></tr><tr><td width=449><br><br><font face=courier><UL><PRE>\n\n"chris h fleming" <chris_h_fleming@yahoo.com> wrote in message\nnews:8dd8e508.0409101839.f701a83@posting. google.com...\n> "Eugene Shubert" wrote\n> http://www.everythingimportant.org/relativity/special.pdf\n>\n> If all you did was a change of variables then you never did any\n> Special Relativity at all.\n\nI did more than just change variables. I legitimately derived the\nLorentz transformation. If my derivation is faulty at any point, I\nwould like the first error in math or misstep in logic pointed out\nto me.\n\n> You are still in a Euclidean space with a\n> very ugly set of coordinates.\n\nI started with Euclidean rulers and a straightforward definition\nof time and merely reset clocks. The coordinates are beautiful at\nevery step of the derivation. Distances were not tampered with.\n\n> You can\'t make arbitrary Lorentz transformations\n> with these fake coordinates, as that would not\n> preserve Euclidean distances.\n\nCan you prove fakery or that my alleged resetting of clocks somehow\nmodified Euclidean distances?\n\n> What\'s the point?\n\nI believe that I\'ve discovered a dazzlingly original approach to\ninterpreting and deriving the Lorentz transformation. Consequently, I\nwould like an expert in the field to identify openly on this newsgroup\nin clear language the first equation or sentence of\nhttp://www.everythingimportant.org/relativity/special.pdf that he or\nshe believes is unclear or incorrect. If no errors can be found and if\nevery equation and phrase is sufficiently understandable, then I\'d\nlike that qualified individual to say something to the effect that my\npaper is good enough for the physics.ed-ph (Physics Education)\nsubject class of arXiv.\n\nThanks for your interest.\n\nEugene Shubert\n</UL></PRE></font></td></tr></table></BODY><HTML>');"> <IMG SRC=/images/buttons/ip.gif BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER ALT="View this Usenet post in original ASCII form"> View this Usenet post in original ASCII form </a></div><P></jabberwocky>"chris h fleming" <chris_h_fleming@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:8dd8e508.0409101839.f701a83@posting.google.co m...
> "Eugene Shubert" wrote
> http://www.everythingimportant.org/relativity/special.pdf
>
> If all you did was a change of variables then you never did any
> Special Relativity at all.
I did more than just change variables. I legitimately derived the
Lorentz transformation. If my derivation is faulty at any point, I
would like the first error in math or misstep in logic pointed out
to me.
> You are still in a Euclidean space with a
> very ugly set of coordinates.
I started with Euclidean rulers and a straightforward definition
of time and merely reset clocks. The coordinates are beautiful at
every step of the derivation. Distances were not tampered with.
> You can't make arbitrary Lorentz transformations
> with these fake coordinates, as that would not
> preserve Euclidean distances.
Can you prove fakery or that my alleged resetting of clocks somehow
modified Euclidean distances?
> What's the point?
I believe that I've discovered a dazzlingly original approach to
interpreting and deriving the Lorentz transformation. Consequently, I
would like an expert in the field to identify openly on this newsgroup
in clear language the first equation or sentence of
http://www.everythingimportant.org/relativity/special.pdf that he or
she believes is unclear or incorrect. If no errors can be found and if
every equation and phrase is sufficiently understandable, then I'd
like that qualified individual to say something to the effect that my
paper is good enough for the physics.ed-ph (Physics Education)
subject class of arXiv.
Thanks for your interest.
Eugene Shubert
Eugene Shubert
Sep19-04, 07:55 AM
<jabberwocky><div class="vbmenu_control"><a href="jabberwocky:;" onClick="newWindow=window.open('','usenetCode','toolbar=no, location=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,status=no ,width=650,height=400'); newWindow.document.write('<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Usenet ASCII</TITLE></HEAD><BODY topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 BGCOLOR=#F1F1F1><table border=0 width=625><td bgcolor=midnightblue><font color=#F1F1F1>This Usenet message\'s original ASCII form: </font></td></tr><tr><td width=449><br><br><font face=courier><UL><PRE>\n\n"Mark Palenik" <markpalenik@wideopenwest.com> wrote in message\nnews:5pmdnZG-HpUf-drcRVn-qA@wideopenwest.com...\n>\n> - the place where physics comes in is in showing that the Lorentz\n> transform must apply in this universe, and that no other coordinate\n> transformation fits observed reality.\n\nThere are plenty of coordinate transformations that are physically\nindistinguishable from the Lorentz transformation. It\'s all a matter\nof how you synchronize your clocks. See exercise 1 and 2 of\nhttp://www.everythingimportant.org/relativity/generalized.htm\n\nEugene Shubert\n</UL></PRE></font></td></tr></table></BODY><HTML>');"> <IMG SRC=/images/buttons/ip.gif BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER ALT="View this Usenet post in original ASCII form"> View this Usenet post in original ASCII form </a></div><P></jabberwocky>"Mark Palenik" <markpalenik@wideopenwest.com> wrote in message
news:5pmdnZG-HpUf-drcRVn-qA@wideopenwest.com...
>
> - the place where physics comes in is in showing that the Lorentz
> transform must apply in this universe, and that no other coordinate
> transformation fits observed reality.
There are plenty of coordinate transformations that are physically
indistinguishable from the Lorentz transformation. It's all a matter
of how you synchronize your clocks. See exercise 1 and 2 of
http://www.everythingimportant.org/relativity/generalized.htm
Eugene Shubert
Mark Palenik
Sep20-04, 04:38 AM
<jabberwocky><div class="vbmenu_control"><a href="jabberwocky:;" onClick="newWindow=window.open('','usenetCode','toolbar=no, location=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,status=no ,width=650,height=400'); newWindow.document.write('<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Usenet ASCII</TITLE></HEAD><BODY topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 BGCOLOR=#F1F1F1><table border=0 width=625><td bgcolor=midnightblue><font color=#F1F1F1>This Usenet message\'s original ASCII form: </font></td></tr><tr><td width=449><br><br><font face=courier><UL><PRE>\n"Eugene Shubert" <GalileoProject001@everythingimportant.org> wrote in\nmessage news:9937e29c.0409180507.6a0a99c5@posting.google.c om...\n>\n>\n> "chris h fleming" <chris_h_fleming@yahoo.com> wrote in message\n> news:8dd8e508.0409101839.f701a83@posting.google.co m...\n> > "Eugene Shubert" wrote\n> > http://www.everythingimportant.org/relativity/special.pdf\n> >\n> > If all you did was a change of variables then you never did any\n> > Special Relativity at all.\n>\n> I did more than just change variables. I legitimately derived the\n> Lorentz transformation. If my derivation is faulty at any point, I\n> would like the first error in math or misstep in logic pointed out\n> to me.\n>\n> > You are still in a Euclidean space with a\n> > very ugly set of coordinates.\n>\n> I started with Euclidean rulers and a straightforward definition\n> of time and merely reset clocks. The coordinates are beautiful at\n> every step of the derivation. Distances were not tampered with.\n<snip>\n\nI read the first two pages of your paper very carefully. You didn\'t derive\nthe lorentz transformation. You assumed it. You gave no physical reason\nthat we must multiply -x\' by v/sqr(1-v^2/c^2) and add x\'v/sqr(1-v^2/c^2) to\nget time. If you haven\'t already assumed (or proven) the Lorentz\ntransformation, you would expect T(x,x\') to be equal to -x\'-x.\n\nIn fact, the time your clock measures *isn\'t* (x - x\')*v/sqr(1-v^2/c^2), if\nthe Lorentz transformation is accurrate. I assume the reference frame is\nthe unprimed frame, although you never explicitly stated this. First of\nall, if one ruler is moving, we need to redraw your picture, so that one\nruler has numbers closer together than the other. To make things easy, lets\nsay that the two zeros are lined up with eachother. We can then easily see\nthat x\'(x) = x*sqr(1-v^2/c^2). So, If this point in time is T = 0, then\nT(x,x\') = x\'/sqr(1-v^2/c^2) - x, not (x\'-x)/sqr(1-v^2/c^2). I can\'t really\nsee you using any frame other than either the primed or unprimed frame, or\nyour definition of coordinates loses its meaning (x and x\' are only measured\nwith respect to eachother).\n\nNote that none of what I\'ve said is a derivation of the Lorentz transform,\nbut merely a discussion of its implications.\n\nAlso, you really need to edit the paper. For example, first you say we\'re\nconstructing a clock, and then you say "you could set your clock by it".\nAlso, I don\'t think there\'s really room for sentences (fragments) like "Ok.\nWe\'re done." in formal writing.\n\n</UL></PRE></font></td></tr></table></BODY><HTML>');"> <IMG SRC=/images/buttons/ip.gif BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER ALT="View this Usenet post in original ASCII form"> View this Usenet post in original ASCII form </a></div><P></jabberwocky>"Eugene Shubert" <GalileoProject001@everythingimportant.org> wrote in
message news:9937e29c.0409180507.6a0a99c5@posting.google.c om...
>
>
> "chris h fleming" <chris_h_fleming@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:8dd8e508.0409101839.f701a83@posting.google.co m...
> > "Eugene Shubert" wrote
> > http://www.everythingimportant.org/relativity/special.pdf
> >
> > If all you did was a change of variables then you never did any
> > Special Relativity at all.
>
> I did more than just change variables. I legitimately derived the
> Lorentz transformation. If my derivation is faulty at any point, I
> would like the first error in math or misstep in logic pointed out
> to me.
>
> > You are still in a Euclidean space with a
> > very ugly set of coordinates.
>
> I started with Euclidean rulers and a straightforward definition
> of time and merely reset clocks. The coordinates are beautiful at
> every step of the derivation. Distances were not tampered with.
<snip>
I read the first two pages of your paper very carefully. You didn't derive
the lorentz transformation. You assumed it. You gave no physical reason
that we must multiply -x' by v/sqr(1-v^2/c^2) and add x'v/sqr(1-v^2/c^2) to
get time. If you haven't already assumed (or proven) the Lorentz
transformation, you would expect T(x,x') to be equal to -x'-x.
In fact, the time your clock measures *isn't* (x - x')*v/sqr(1-v^2/c^2), if
the Lorentz transformation is accurrate. I assume the reference frame is
the unprimed frame, although you never explicitly stated this. First of
all, if one ruler is moving, we need to redraw your picture, so that one
ruler has numbers closer together than the other. To make things easy, lets
say that the two zeros are lined up with eachother. We can then easily see
that x'(x) = x*sqr(1-v^2/c^2). So, If this point in time is T = 0, then
T(x,x') = x'/sqr(1-v^2/c^2) - x, not (x'-x)/sqr(1-v^2/c^2). I can't really
see you using any frame other than either the primed or unprimed frame, or
your definition of coordinates loses its meaning (x and x' are only measured
with respect to eachother).
Note that none of what I've said is a derivation of the Lorentz transform,
but merely a discussion of its implications.
Also, you really need to edit the paper. For example, first you say we're
constructing a clock, and then you say "you could set your clock by it".
Also, I don't think there's really room for sentences (fragments) like "Ok.
We're done." in formal writing.
Eugene Shubert
Sep24-04, 09:09 AM
<jabberwocky><div class="vbmenu_control"><a href="jabberwocky:;" onClick="newWindow=window.open('','usenetCode','toolbar=no, location=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,status=no ,width=650,height=400'); newWindow.document.write('<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Usenet ASCII</TITLE></HEAD><BODY topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 BGCOLOR=#F1F1F1><table border=0 width=625><td bgcolor=midnightblue><font color=#F1F1F1>This Usenet message\'s original ASCII form: </font></td></tr><tr><td width=449><br><br><font face=courier><UL><PRE>"Mark Palenik" <markpalenik@wideopenwest.com> wrote in message news:LY2dnVGqNsZa2tPcRVn-qQ@wideopenwest.com...\n>\n> I read the first two pages of your paper very carefully. You didn\'t derive\n> the lorentz transformation.\n\nThe official derivation of the Lorentz transformation begins on page\nfour.\n\n> You assumed it.\n\nAre you merely accusing me of having prior knowledge of the Lorentz\ntransformation before arriving, ultimately, at that expression? If\nnot, at what step did I assume it?\n\n> You gave no physical reason that we must multiply -x\' by\n> v/sqr(1-v^2/c^2) and add x\'v/sqr(1-v^2/c^2) to get time.\n\nNowhere do I multiply -x\' by v/sqr(1-v^2/c^2). I assume you mean\ndivide. [-x\'/u stands for -x\' divided by u]. The equation for clock\ntime T at x is T=-x\'/u + xi(x). Are you telling me you don\'t believe\nthat?\n\nThe physical meaning of the constant u is that it measures how much\nof the moving line L\' moves past you each second. You may choose to\nmeasure the constant u in \'moving meters\' per second if you like.\nClearly, if I\'m driving down the highway at a constant rate of 60\nmiles per hour, then every mile of road (as marked on the pavement)\ntranslates into one minute of car clock time. It should be easy for\nevery experimental physicist to set the rate of his car clock by that.\nIn this instance, x\' is a constant and the equation for car clock time\nT\' is T\'=x/u + zeta(x\'). That\'s my definition of u.\n\nPlease note that, at this point in my exposition, I\'ve only defined\n"proper velocity." A definition of ordinary velocity hasn\'t been given\nyet. Please note this also: for the two coordinate systems (rulers), I\nuse a capitalized Gamma (the upside-down L, primed and unprimed) in\nthe online pdf document.\n\n> If you haven\'t already assumed (or proven) the Lorentz\n> transformation, you would expect T(x,x\') to be equal to -x\'-x.\n\nThat would work if L\' is moving in L \'s positive direction and you\ndon\'t care about units but it\'s best to start with a system of units\nsuch as meters and seconds to keep the experimentalists employed and\nhappy, thinking about how they\'re going to measure mu.\n\n> Also, you really need to edit the paper. For example, first you say we\'re\n> constructing a clock, and then you say "you could set your clock by it".\n\nThat\'s a very helpful suggestion. Thank you. I\'ve already made the\nnecessary adjustment.\n\n> Also, I don\'t think there\'s really room for sentences (fragments) like "Ok.\n> We\'re done." in formal writing.\n\nI suppose everyone knows what those fragments mean. When the rest of\nthe paper achieves that level of clarity, I\'d be very happy to receive\ninstruction on niceties. For the moment, I\'d rather focus on defusing\nobjections to my paper and in happily learning of the first sentence\nin it that isn\'t reasonably clear.\n\nhttp://www.everythingimportant.org/relativity/special.pdf\n\nEugene Shubert\n\n</UL></PRE></font></td></tr></table></BODY><HTML>');"> <IMG SRC=/images/buttons/ip.gif BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER ALT="View this Usenet post in original ASCII form"> View this Usenet post in original ASCII form </a></div><P></jabberwocky>"Mark Palenik" <markpalenik@wideopenwest.com> wrote in message news:LY2dnVGqNsZa2tPcRVn-qQ@wideopenwest.com...
>
> I read the first two pages of your paper very carefully. You didn't derive
> the lorentz transformation.
The official derivation of the Lorentz transformation begins on page
four.
> You assumed it.
Are you merely accusing me of having prior knowledge of the Lorentz
transformation before arriving, ultimately, at that expression? If
not, at what step did I assume it?
> You gave no physical reason that we must multiply -x' by
> v/sqr(1-v^2/c^2) and add x'v/sqr(1-v^2/c^2) to get time.
Nowhere do I multiply -x' by v/sqr(1-v^2/c^2). I assume you mean
divide. [-x'/u stands for -x' divided by u]. The equation for clock
time T at x is T=-x'/u + \xi(x). Are you telling me you don't believe
that?
The physical meaning of the constant u is that it measures how much
of the moving line L' moves past you each second. You may choose to
measure the constant u in 'moving meters' per second if you like.
Clearly, if I'm driving down the highway at a constant rate of 60
miles per hour, then every mile of road (as marked on the pavement)
translates into one minute of car clock time. It should be easy for
every experimental physicist to set the rate of his car clock by that.
In this instance, x' is a constant and the equation for car clock time
T' is T'=x/u + \zeta(x'). That's my definition of u.
Please note that, at this point in my exposition, I've only defined
"proper velocity." A definition of ordinary velocity hasn't been given
yet. Please note this also: for the two coordinate systems (rulers), I
use a capitalized \Gamma (the upside-down L, primed and unprimed) in
the online pdf document.
> If you haven't already assumed (or proven) the Lorentz
> transformation, you would expect T(x,x') to be equal to -x'-x.
That would work if L' is moving in L 's positive direction and you
don't care about units but it's best to start with a system of units
such as meters and seconds to keep the experimentalists employed and
happy, thinking about how they're going to measure \mu.
> Also, you really need to edit the paper. For example, first you say we're
> constructing a clock, and then you say "you could set your clock by it".
That's a very helpful suggestion. Thank you. I've already made the
necessary adjustment.
> Also, I don't think there's really room for sentences (fragments) like "Ok.
> We're done." in formal writing.
I suppose everyone knows what those fragments mean. When the rest of
the paper achieves that level of clarity, I'd be very happy to receive
instruction on niceties. For the moment, I'd rather focus on defusing
objections to my paper and in happily learning of the first sentence
in it that isn't reasonably clear.
http://www.everythingimportant.org/relativity/special.pdf
Eugene Shubert
Mark Palenik
Sep27-04, 04:32 AM
<jabberwocky><div class="vbmenu_control"><a href="jabberwocky:;" onClick="newWindow=window.open('','usenetCode','toolbar=no, location=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,status=no ,width=650,height=400'); newWindow.document.write('<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Usenet ASCII</TITLE></HEAD><BODY topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 BGCOLOR=#F1F1F1><table border=0 width=625><td bgcolor=midnightblue><font color=#F1F1F1>This Usenet message\'s original ASCII form: </font></td></tr><tr><td width=449><br><br><font face=courier><UL><PRE>\n\n\n"Eugene Shubert" <GalileoProject001@everythingimportant.org> wrote in\nmessage news:9937e29c.0409201505.6b39d558@posting.google.c om...\n> "Mark Palenik" <markpalenik@wideopenwest.com> wrote in message\nnews:LY2dnVGqNsZa2tPcRVn-qQ@wideopenwest.com...\n> >\n> > I read the first two pages of your paper very carefully. You didn\'t\nderive\n> > the lorentz transformation.\n>\n> The official derivation of the Lorentz transformation begins on page\n> four.\n>\n> > You assumed it.\n>\n> Are you merely accusing me of having prior knowledge of the Lorentz\n> transformation before arriving, ultimately, at that expression? If\n> not, at what step did I assume it?\n>\n> > You gave no physical reason that we must multiply -x\' by\n> > v/sqr(1-v^2/c^2) and add x\'v/sqr(1-v^2/c^2) to get time.\n>\n> Nowhere do I multiply -x\' by v/sqr(1-v^2/c^2). I assume you mean\n> divide. [-x\'/u stands for -x\' divided by u]. The equation for clock\n> time T at x is T=-x\'/u + xi(x). Are you telling me you don\'t believe\n> that?\n\nYes, sorry about that. But either way, it doesn\'t matter.\n\nIf you have two rulers sliding by eachother, why don\'t you simply assume\nthat t = +-(x\'-x) (depending on direction), or (x\'-x)/v, if you care about\nunits (and the direction corrects itself). If you don\'t want the point in\ntime where the two zeros line up to be zero, T = (x\'-x)/v + C, where C is an\narbitrary constant. There is no reason to physically assume otherwise,\nunless you already know something about the Lorentz transformation, or that\nlength and time are velocity dependant. But presumably, that\'s what you\'ve\nset out to derive, so it\'s a little wierd to start out with those\nassumptions. If we want to find out what gives the clock an "Einsteinian\nsynchronization", then T = x\'/(v*sqr(1-v^2/c^2)) - x/v + C, and then we can\ngo on from there to "derive" the Lorentz transform, but by giving anything\nan "Einsteinian synchronization" we\'ve already *used* it, so there\'s no need\nto derive it.\n\n\n\n>\n> The physical meaning of the constant u is that it measures how much\n> of the moving line L\' moves past you each second. You may choose to\n> measure the constant u in \'moving meters\' per second if you like.\n> Clearly, if I\'m driving down the highway at a constant rate of 60\n> miles per hour, then every mile of road (as marked on the pavement)\n> translates into one minute of car clock time. It should be easy for\n> every experimental physicist to set the rate of his car clock by that.\n> In this instance, x\' is a constant and the equation for car clock time\n> T\' is T\'=x/u + zeta(x\'). That\'s my definition of u.\n\nIn the case of your car, T = x/v, there\'s no need to resort to us or\nzeta(x\'). Of course, if you want to be relativistic about it,\nT\' = x*sqr(1-v^2/c^2)/v = x\'/v. But in any event, like I said before, the\nonly reason I could see you using x/u + zeta(x\') is if you know something\nabout the lorentz transform already. Zeta(x\') is something that wouldn\'t\nappear in Galilean transformations, and u would simply be v. In your car\nexample, any added f of x\' is extremely unnecissary, since x\' is always\nzero. You have to give some physical reason that you\'re using u instead of v\nand adding zeta(x\'), then *that* becomes your derivation. Once you know\nthat, it should probably take half a page to get from there to t\' =\n(t-xv/c^2)/sqr(1-v^2/c^2). I mean, any idiot can see that if you call u\nv*sqr(1-v^2/c^2) and zeta(x) (xv/c^2)/sqr(1-v^2/c^2), then you\'ll end up\nwith (t-xv/c^2)/sqr(1-v^2/c^2). But T\' = x/u + zeta(x\') is not a galilean\nassumption (unless by "u" you mean "velocity" and by "zeta(x\')" you mean\n"0"). And you cannot arbitrarily chose values of u and zeta(x\') that match\nan "Einsteinian synchronization", because then you\'re not deriving anything,\nyou\'ve already inserted everything that makes the LT work.\n\n>\n> Please note that, at this point in my exposition, I\'ve only defined\n> "proper velocity." A definition of ordinary velocity hasn\'t been given\n> yet. Please note this also: for the two coordinate systems (rulers), I\n> use a capitalized Gamma (the upside-down L, primed and unprimed) in\n> the online pdf document.\n>\n> > If you haven\'t already assumed (or proven) the Lorentz\n> > transformation, you would expect T(x,x\') to be equal to -x\'-x.\n>\n> That would work if L\' is moving in L \'s positive direction and you\n> don\'t care about units but it\'s best to start with a system of units\n> such as meters and seconds to keep the experimentalists employed and\n> happy, thinking about how they\'re going to measure mu.\n\nYou could divide by v, then (x\'-x)/v, if you want it in seconds. Not that\nit really matters. Sorry about that last equation, though, it should have\nbeen -x\' + x, not -x\' - x.\n\n>\n> > Also, you really need to edit the paper. For example, first you say\nwe\'re\n> > constructing a clock, and then you say "you could set your clock by it".\n>\n> That\'s a very helpful suggestion. Thank you. I\'ve already made the\n> necessary adjustment.\n>\n> > Also, I don\'t think there\'s really room for sentences (fragments) like\n"Ok.\n> > We\'re done." in formal writing.\n>\n> I suppose everyone knows what those fragments mean. When the rest of\n> the paper achieves that level of clarity, I\'d be very happy to receive\n> instruction on niceties. For the moment, I\'d rather focus on defusing\n> objections to my paper and in happily learning of the first sentence\n> in it that isn\'t reasonably clear.\n>\n\nWell, I haven\'t looked too closely for that type of thing, but I would\nsuggest not saying things like "you\'re a top notch experimentalist", etc.\nMost people reading that would probably just thing "don\'t tell me what I\nam". It\'s assumed that for thought experiments, you can use an arbitrary\ndegree of accurracy. There\'s no need to continually tell people how\naccurrately various things can be measured.\n\n</UL></PRE></font></td></tr></table></BODY><HTML>');"> <IMG SRC=/images/buttons/ip.gif BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER ALT="View this Usenet post in original ASCII form"> View this Usenet post in original ASCII form </a></div><P></jabberwocky>"Eugene Shubert" <GalileoProject001@everythingimportant.org> wrote in
message news:9937e29c.0409201505.6b39d558@posting.google.c om...
> "Mark Palenik" <markpalenik@wideopenwest.com> wrote in message
news:LY2dnVGqNsZa2tPcRVn-qQ@wideopenwest.com...
> >
> > I read the first two pages of your paper very carefully. You didn't
derive
> > the lorentz transformation.
>
> The official derivation of the Lorentz transformation begins on page
> four.
>
> > You assumed it.
>
> Are you merely accusing me of having prior knowledge of the Lorentz
> transformation before arriving, ultimately, at that expression? If
> not, at what step did I assume it?
>
> > You gave no physical reason that we must multiply -x' by
> > v/sqr(1-v^2/c^2) and add x'v/sqr(1-v^2/c^2) to get time.
>
> Nowhere do I multiply -x' by v/sqr(1-v^2/c^2). I assume you mean
> divide. [-x'/u stands for -x' divided by u]. The equation for clock
> time T at x is T=-x'/u + \xi(x). Are you telling me you don't believe
> that?
Yes, sorry about that. But either way, it doesn't matter.
If you have two rulers sliding by eachother, why don't you simply assume
that t = +-(x'-x) (depending on direction), or (x'-x)/v, if you care about
units (and the direction corrects itself). If you don't want the point in
time where the two zeros line up to be zero, T = (x'-x)/v + C, where C is an
arbitrary constant. There is no reason to physically assume otherwise,
unless you already know something about the Lorentz transformation, or that
length and time are velocity dependant. But presumably, that's what you've
set out to derive, so it's a little wierd to start out with those
assumptions. If we want to find out what gives the clock an "Einsteinian
synchronization", then T = x'/(v*sqr(1-v^2/c^2)) - x/v + C, and then we can
go on from there to "derive" the Lorentz transform, but by giving anything
an "Einsteinian synchronization" we've already *used* it, so there's no need
to derive it.
>
> The physical meaning of the constant u is that it measures how much
> of the moving line L' moves past you each second. You may choose to
> measure the constant u in 'moving meters' per second if you like.
> Clearly, if I'm driving down the highway at a constant rate of 60
> miles per hour, then every mile of road (as marked on the pavement)
> translates into one minute of car clock time. It should be easy for
> every experimental physicist to set the rate of his car clock by that.
> In this instance, x' is a constant and the equation for car clock time
> T' is T'=x/u + \zeta(x'). That's my definition of u.
In the case of your car, T = x/v, there's no need to resort to us or
\zeta(x'). Of course, if you want to be relativistic about it,
T' = x*sqr(1-v^2/c^2)/v = x'/v. But in any event, like I said before, the
only reason I could see you using x/u + \zeta(x') is if you know something
about the lorentz transform already. \Zeta(x') is something that wouldn't
appear in Galilean transformations, and u would simply be v. In your car
example, any added f of x' is extremely unnecissary, since x' is always
zero. You have to give some physical reason that you're using u instead of v
and adding \zeta(x'), then *that* becomes your derivation. Once you know
that, it should probably take half a page to get from there to t' =(t-xv/c^2)/sqr(1-v^2/c^2). I mean, any idiot can see that if you call u
v*sqr(1-v^2/c^2) and \zeta(x) (xv/c^2)/sqr(1-v^2/c^2), then you'll end up
with (t-xv/c^2)/sqr(1-v^2/c^2). But T' = x/u + \zeta(x') is not a galilean
assumption (unless by "u" you mean "velocity" and by "\zeta(x')" you mean
""). And you cannot arbitrarily chose values of u and \zeta(x') that match
an "Einsteinian synchronization", because then you're not deriving anything,
you've already inserted everything that makes the LT work.
>
> Please note that, at this point in my exposition, I've only defined
> "proper velocity." A definition of ordinary velocity hasn't been given
> yet. Please note this also: for the two coordinate systems (rulers), I
> use a capitalized \Gamma (the upside-down L, primed and unprimed) in
> the online pdf document.
>
> > If you haven't already assumed (or proven) the Lorentz
> > transformation, you would expect T(x,x') to be equal to -x'-x.
>
> That would work if L' is moving in L 's positive direction and you
> don't care about units but it's best to start with a system of units
> such as meters and seconds to keep the experimentalists employed and
> happy, thinking about how they're going to measure \mu.
You could divide by v, then (x'-x)/v, if you want it in seconds. Not that
it really matters. Sorry about that last equation, though, it should have
been -x' + x, not -x' - x.
>
> > Also, you really need to edit the paper. For example, first you say
we're
> > constructing a clock, and then you say "you could set your clock by it".
>
> That's a very helpful suggestion. Thank you. I've already made the
> necessary adjustment.
>
> > Also, I don't think there's really room for sentences (fragments) like
"Ok.
> > We're done." in formal writing.
>
> I suppose everyone knows what those fragments mean. When the rest of
> the paper achieves that level of clarity, I'd be very happy to receive
> instruction on niceties. For the moment, I'd rather focus on defusing
> objections to my paper and in happily learning of the first sentence
> in it that isn't reasonably clear.
>
Well, I haven't looked too closely for that type of thing, but I would
suggest not saying things like "you're a top notch experimentalist", etc.
Most people reading that would probably just thing "don't tell me what I
am". It's assumed that for thought experiments, you can use an arbitrary
degree of accurracy. There's no need to continually tell people how
accurrately various things can be measured.
Eugene Shubert
Sep29-04, 03:25 AM
<jabberwocky><div class="vbmenu_control"><a href="jabberwocky:;" onClick="newWindow=window.open('','usenetCode','toolbar=no, location=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,status=no ,width=650,height=400'); newWindow.document.write('<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Usenet ASCII</TITLE></HEAD><BODY topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 BGCOLOR=#F1F1F1><table border=0 width=625><td bgcolor=midnightblue><font color=#F1F1F1>This Usenet message\'s original ASCII form: </font></td></tr><tr><td width=449><br><br><font face=courier><UL><PRE>\n\n> Re: http://www.everythingimportant.org/relativity/special.pdf\n> "Eugene Shubert" wrote in message news:9937e29c.0409201505.6b39d558@posting.google.c om...\n> "Mark Palenik" wrote in message news:<ys2dnbWZ2Poc0sncRVn-hA@wideopenwest.com>...\n>\n> If you have two rulers sliding by eachother, why don\'t you simply\n> assume that t = +-(x\'-x) (depending on direction), or (x\'-x)/v,\n> if you care about units (and the direction corrects itself).\n\nWhy must I assume what I have already proven true? T=(x-x\')/u is a\nperfectly good definition of clock time defined pointwise for every\npoint x on the line L. If my definition of a Shubertian clock is\nfaulty, where is the mistake?\n\n> T = (x\'-x)/v + C, where C is an arbitrary constant. There is no\n> reason to physically assume otherwise, unless you already know\n> something about the Lorentz transformation, or that length and\n> time are velocity dependant.\n\nT=-x\'/u + xi(x) [with xi(x) being an arbitrary function of x] is a\nperfectly valid definition of clock time at point x in a Galilean\nuniverse.\n\n> In the case of your car, ... , there\'s no need to resort to us\n> or zeta(x\'). Of course, ... like I said before, the only reason\n> I could see you using x/u + zeta(x\') is if you know something\n> about the lorentz transform already.\n\nLet\'s not limit any of my facts by your naively contrived\nmisperceptions.\n\n\n[Moderator\'s note: Please everybody try to remain polite and objective.\nDisagreement on technical issues should be tried to be resolved by technical\narguments or else be taken to private email. -usc]\n\n\n> Zeta(x\') is something that wouldn\'t appear in Galilean\n> transformations, and u would simply be v.\n\nMy transformations are obviously more general that the Galilean and\nLorentzian transformations.\n\n> In your car example, any added f of x\' is extremely unnecissary,\n> since x\' is always zero.\n\nOnly in your perception of the world, not mine.\n\n> You have to give some physical reason that you\'re using u instead\n> of v and adding zeta(x\'), then *that* becomes your derivation.\n\nYou\'re obsessing about the shapes of symbols and are ignoring the\nphysical meaning to the mathematical question, what is T(x,x\')?\n\n> T\' = x/u + zeta(x\') is not a galilean assumption\n> (unless by "u" you mean "velocity" and by "zeta(x\')" you mean "0").\n\nIt\'s not even an assumption. It\'s a perfectly Galilean definition. An\ninfinite array of clocks, all stationary on line L\', is sliding at a\nconstant Shubertian velocity u over another line L if the clock time\nT\' (when x\' touches x) for the clock at x\' is T\' = x/u + zeta(x\').\n\n> And you cannot arbitrarily chose values of u and zeta(x\')\n\nThe Shubertian velocity u is a fixed constant. I haven\'t tampered with\nit. I also take it as an axiom that I can reset my infinite array of\nclocks if I so desire. That amounts to me selecting any zeta(x\') I\nwant.\n\nhttp://www.everythingimportant.org/relativity/special.pdf\n\nEugene Shubert\n</UL></PRE></font></td></tr></table></BODY><HTML>');"> <IMG SRC=/images/buttons/ip.gif BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER ALT="View this Usenet post in original ASCII form"> View this Usenet post in original ASCII form </a></div><P></jabberwocky>Re: http://www.everythingimportant.org/relativity/special.pdf
> "Eugene Shubert" wrote in message news:9937e29c.0409201505.6b39d558@posting.google.c om...
> "Mark Palenik" wrote in message news:<ys2dnbWZ2Poc0sncRVn-hA@wideopenwest.com>...
>
> If you have two rulers sliding by eachother, why don't you simply
> assume that t = +-(x'-x) (depending on direction), or (x'-x)/v,
> if you care about units (and the direction corrects itself).
Why must I assume what I have already proven true? T=(x-x')/u is a
perfectly good definition of clock time defined pointwise for every
point x on the line L. If my definition of a Shubertian clock is
faulty, where is the mistake?
> T = (x'-x)/v + C, where C is an arbitrary constant. There is no
> reason to physically assume otherwise, unless you already know
> something about the Lorentz transformation, or that length and
> time are velocity dependant.
T=-x'/u + \xi(x)[/itex] [with \xi(x) being an arbitrary function of x] is a
perfectly valid definition of clock time at point x in a Galilean
universe.
> In the case of your car, ... , there's no need to resort to us
> or \zeta(x'). Of course, ... like I said before, the only reason
> I could see you using x/u + \zeta(x') is if you know something
> about the lorentz transform already.
Let's not limit any of my facts by your naively contrived
misperceptions.
[Moderator's note: Please everybody try to remain polite and objective.
Disagreement on technical issues should be tried to be resolved by technical
arguments or else be taken to private email. -usc]
> [itex]\Zeta(x') is something that wouldn't appear in Galilean
> transformations, and u would simply be v.
My transformations are obviously more general that the Galilean and
Lorentzian transformations.
> In your car example, any added f of x' is extremely unnecissary,
> since x' is always zero.
Only in your perception of the world, not mine.
> You have to give some physical reason that you're using u instead
> of v and adding \zeta(x'), then *that* becomes your derivation.
You're obsessing about the shapes of symbols and are ignoring the
physical meaning to the mathematical question, what is T(x,x')?
> T' = x/u + \zeta(x') is not a galilean assumption
> (unless by "u" you mean "velocity" and by "\zeta(x')" you mean "").
It's not even an assumption. It's a perfectly Galilean definition. An
infinite array of clocks, all stationary on line L', is sliding at a
constant Shubertian velocity u over another line L if the clock time
T' (when x' touches x) for the clock at x' is T' = x/u + \zeta(x').
> And you cannot arbitrarily chose values of u and \zeta(x')
The Shubertian velocity u is a fixed constant. I haven't tampered with
it. I also take it as an axiom that I can reset my infinite array of
clocks if I so desire. That amounts to me selecting any \zeta(x') I
want.
http://www.everythingimportant.org/relativity/special.pdf
Eugene Shubert
vBulletin® v3.8.7, Copyright ©2000-2012, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.