Alice with constant acceleration and Bob's signal pulses

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Ibix said:
It is. But whose time interval? Alice and Bob don't agree on the duration.

When answering the question, think whose clock is responsible for measuring ##\Delta t##.
Bob's, because ##\Delta t## is according to his clock.

So if I am not mistaken the number of pulses arriving to Alice are: ##(2/a\Delta t)\sqrt{L^2-1/a^2}##.
 
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MathematicalPhysicist said:
Bob's, because ##\Delta t## is according to his clock.

So if I am not mistaken the number of pulses arriving to Alice are: ##(2/a\Delta t)\sqrt{L^2-1/a^2}##.
Exactly - the same number as emitted.
 
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