Given the Lorentz-Fitzgerald contraction equation:
t = \sqrt{1-\frac{v^{2}}{c^{2}}}
'c' can be understood as the maximum allowable occupation of spacetime.
I've seen it written on these boards that black holes are calculated by Einstein's equations as infinitely dense points, which is...
Force and Mass are proportional, so, when you are at the center of the Earth, all the mass is (for the sake of ease we'll assume is distributed evenly) evenly around you, which is to say, you are being pulled from every direction equally, which causes the situation where you are experiencing all...
I like to sum up Special Relativity like this:
Everything in the universe believes it is the thing that is not moving.
Or, everything in the universe believes it is the thing which is at rest.
TurtleMeister brings up a good point. If Newton's equations and Einstein's equations disagree at some point, any point, doesn't that by default make one of them incorrect?
Then, perhaps, I was not clear enough in my original question, let me make this as simple as possible:
If:
F = G ( m1 m2 / r2 ) <--- this is wrong
G = Fr2 / m1 m2 <--- this is wrong
G <--- this is wrong
Then:
Every equation that uses G is wrong.
No?
My 8th grade algebra teacher told me that pi was 7/22, and I don't mean to be rude, but by your argument, that works very well in many situations as well; however, it does nothing towards proving it is a valid variable to use. If you were to say that the equations that use G were only...
The Big "G"
I've been studying relativity for a bit over 2 years now, in this time I've come across Newton's G in various equations. For example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_time_dilation#Outside_a_non-rotating_sphere
to = tf sqrt(1 - 2GM/rc2)
It was my understanding that...