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I agree this works, but only because you have defined the convention for the 1-way speed of light in both directions.

Just to clarify the point, I drew the following diagram. The base grid ##(x,t)## represents of course the standard inertial coordinate...

That is good work. It is much more difficult to do than it appears at first glance.

Yes, as far as I can tell the key point is that basically, before the exchange of light signals between observer A and B takes place, it...

The purpose of my post was to demonstrate a way to synchronize two clocks located in the same inertial frame. I thought this would be...

Indeed, if I am reading my notebook correctly the Lagrangian for a free particle in an Anderson synchronized frame is $$L=-(\dot...

I'd like to expand on my earlier point. Suppose we have some frame in which Newton's laws work. Two equal masses moving in opposite...

As long as you don't believe that your clock synchronization has any physical significance, in particular as long as you don't address...

Indeed, to be clear post a spacetime diagram with each event labeled and each signal indicated. And perform your calculations using one...

Let's be clear on definitions: The 2WSOL can be calculated by timing a reflected light beam using 1 clock. For example: A sends a signal...

An observer can only know that if the 1WSOL is isotropic. I am assuming it is not.

That is for the 2WSOL (2-way round trip of light), which is a given because it is true. I am assuming the 1WSOL is anisotropic.

In the introduction, "it is given" that the average speed of light is c for the 2WSOL . Then t[B2] - t[B1] = 2L/c.

ASSUMPTIONS 1. Two identical clocks A and B in the same inertial frame are stationary relative to each other a fixed distance L apart...

This must be true, because the definition of such coordinates is based on the Einstein clock synchronization, that means on the...