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Matterwave replied to the thread Undergrad Particle vs Wave Interpretations of QM.Do you have a problem with differential equations being used to describe physics in general? I'm having a hard time figuring out why you... -
Matterwave reacted to Mike_bb's post in the thread Undergrad How does reciprocal time dilation work? with
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If from frame B clock A shows 100s then in frame A clock A shows 100s. What's wrong? -
Matterwave replied to the thread Undergrad How does reciprocal time dilation work?.The same place you've been going wrong for the whole thread. You swap frames mid sentence and don't understand the difference between...
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Matterwave replied to the thread Undergrad Particle vs Wave Interpretations of QM.Differential equations require initial value conditions or boundary value conditions to be uniquely specified.
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Matterwave replied to the thread Undergrad How does reciprocal time dilation work?.This statement suggest you still do not grasp the relativity of simultaneity. Consider for space like separated events ##A,B##, I can...
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Matterwave reacted to Mike_bb's post in the thread Undergrad How does reciprocal time dilation work? with Sad.
Time doesn't depend on frames. Only time interval depends on the frames. (as in example above)
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Matterwave reacted to PeterDonis's post in the thread Undergrad Are classical optics and quantum mechanics double slit experiments fundamentally the same? with
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I'm not sure what this question even means. In actual experiments, there is no such thing as "quantum interference pattern" vs... -
Matterwave replied to the thread Undergrad Particle vs Wave Interpretations of QM."The counting" that I was referring to was the one in Art Hobson's quote mentioned in post #241 which I assumed was meant for fields in...
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Matterwave replied to the thread Undergrad How does reciprocal time dilation work?.If I had an "a-ha" moment for special relativity, it was after learning General Relativity. Specifically chapter 8 in Wald on causal...
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Once I have defined a light-clock diamond (in my local region), and make reasonable assumptions of homogeneity and isotropy, I can...
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Matterwave replied to the thread Undergrad How does reciprocal time dilation work?.Yes I would agree. To be clear, what I meant was that the construction I made in post #16 is the idealized / non realistic one...
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Matterwave reacted to PeterDonis's post in the thread Undergrad Particle vs Wave Interpretations of QM with
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Yes, it is not trivial. :wink: As in, yes, we have no bananas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes!_We_Have_No_Bananas -
Matterwave replied to the thread Undergrad How does reciprocal time dilation work?.I have no problem teaching this radar-construction method for inertial observer coordinates. I think it gives a very nice illustration...
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Matterwave replied to the thread Undergrad Particle vs Wave Interpretations of QM.Semantic question -- when you say "yes it is", you are saying it's trivial to count or it's not trivial to count? I might have phrased...
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Note that 'observers' is often used as a confusing synonym for 'reference frames', which is exactly what relativity of simultaneity...