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robphy replied to the thread Cover songs versus the original track, which ones are better?.Girl U Want (1980) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girl_U_Want https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devo (1980) Devo - Girl U Want (Live on... -
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robphy replied to the thread Undergrad How does reciprocal time dilation work?.Why would you be banned? -
robphy replied to the thread Unintended color commands.I remember selecting black after having chosen red, trying to get out of red. Similarly for blue. UPDATE: I see now that I should... -
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This is an incomplete sentence. You have named two events, so you have the subject of the sentence, but not the verb. Please use... -
robphy replied to the thread Undergrad How does reciprocal time dilation work?.Here's my graphical attempt to help you @Mike_bb . After a summary-and-diagram, there is a second diagram with an exercise for you to... -
robphy replied to the thread Undergrad How does reciprocal time dilation work?.I think you need to write out... I'm going to use "reads" to avoid possible misinterpretations when using anything suggesting what it... -
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Have you completed the figure I described above? Please post it... -
robphy replied to the thread High School Uncertain about part of the Order of Operations, from a formula.If these quantities are associated with units, inserting the units could help clarify the order of operations. -
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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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I would say the radar coordinates are the realistic ones for that reason and the standard coordinates are the idealized ones for that... -
robphy replied to the thread Undergrad How does reciprocal time dilation work?.Once I have defined a light-clock diamond (in my local region), and make reasonable assumptions of homogeneity and isotropy, I can... -
robphy replied to the thread Undergrad How does reciprocal time dilation work?.Here are operational definitions using a radar method (which was my "a-ha moment"[1][2] in relativity). To assign coordinates to a...





