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From Laurent – Introduction to Spacetime. Referring to the Hafele and Keating experiment.
---Let us neglect gravitation and picture the Earth as a merry-go-round all alone in empty space. The rim of the merry-go-round corresponds to the equator. Let us further assume that two space ships are flying along the rim in opposite directios with such a speed that they circle once relative to the merry-go-round while it rotates one turn. This has the effect that centrifugal forces are felt on board one of the ships but not on board the other one.-----
Why! Obviously some fundamental law or principle is involved.
Matheinste.
From Laurent – Introduction to Spacetime. Referring to the Hafele and Keating experiment.
---Let us neglect gravitation and picture the Earth as a merry-go-round all alone in empty space. The rim of the merry-go-round corresponds to the equator. Let us further assume that two space ships are flying along the rim in opposite directios with such a speed that they circle once relative to the merry-go-round while it rotates one turn. This has the effect that centrifugal forces are felt on board one of the ships but not on board the other one.-----
Why! Obviously some fundamental law or principle is involved.
Matheinste.