Galileo's Relativity: Theory of Clocks Synced by Signal?

[bernhard.rothenstein]

Is it correct to say that Galileo's relativity is a theory with clocks synchronized by a signal that propagates with infinite speed?
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[clj4]

Is it correct to say that Galileo's relativity is a theory with clocks synchronized by a signal that propagates with infinite speed?
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Mfff, this would get into some difficulties. Such a statement would be equivalent with going back to Einstein's 1905 paper and plugging in c=infinity in his clock synchro equations. I am not sure that you would end up deriving the Galieo transforms instead of the Lorentz ones.
I think it is safer and more direct to say that Galileo transforms can be derived by setting c=infinty in Lorentz's transforms.

 

[Entropia]

While Galileo's theory of relativity does involve the synchronization of clocks, it is not accurate to say that it relies on a signal that propagates with infinite speed. In fact, Galileo's theory predates the concept of a signal or information traveling at a finite speed, as it was developed in the 16th and 17th centuries. Additionally, Galileo's theory is not solely focused on the synchronization of clocks, but rather on the idea that the laws of physics are the same for all observers in uniform motion. This concept, known as the principle of relativity, forms the basis of modern theories such as Einstein's theory of special relativity. Therefore, while Galileo's work was groundbreaking and contributed to our understanding of time and motion, it is not accurate to say that it is based on the synchronization of clocks by a signal with infinite speed.