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madhumadanan
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Dear PF i am new to this forum .
Just wanted to clear a doubt about relativity.
consider a inertial system on a light ray moving at c . If the light ray has to travel betwwen two points in space won't the observer on the light ray feel that the light has traveled almost instantly form the source to destination because of the length contraction observed . So how can light's speed be finite when it is almost instantaneous!
just tried to substitue the muon example with a light ray and got confused can anybody clarify that for me
Just wanted to clear a doubt about relativity.
consider a inertial system on a light ray moving at c . If the light ray has to travel betwwen two points in space won't the observer on the light ray feel that the light has traveled almost instantly form the source to destination because of the length contraction observed . So how can light's speed be finite when it is almost instantaneous!
just tried to substitue the muon example with a light ray and got confused can anybody clarify that for me