Yes, sorry, that's what I meant.
What you explained does actually make good sense, but according to STR the traveller must perceive the observer to be slower as well, since motion is relative and the observer is in motion in relation to the traveller just as much as the other way around, except...
Thank you Peter!
Ah cool, well the first 2 make some sense now. I'll have to read up about simultaneity more to get the first one.
As for the third one, what if the syncing clock was being measured from the inside of the torus, so the distance between the observer and the traveller remains...
I've just started learning about special and general relativity and came up with a couple of questions that look like paradoxes to me. I just need a break from reading, thought I'd discuss this with someone to see the application of what I've read so far. Here are my examples:
1. Say you...