A and B are twins,A notice B moving away from him with velocity v

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A and B are twins,A notice B moving away from him with velocity v, so A notice that B is youngerv than him (time dilation) , In the same way, B notice that A is younger than him.
What happen?
 
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IPhO' 2008 said:
A and B are twins,A notice B moving away from him with velocity v, so A notice that B is youngerv than him (time dilation) , In the same way, B notice that A is younger than him.
What happen?
Actually, in this case, nothing is happening! Both are completely correct. Each sees the other as being younger than himself. This only becomes a "paradox" when the two twins are back in the same "frame of reference" (i.e. at rest relative to one another) together again. And that requires acceleration of one of the twins.