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

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Galileo's relativity is fundamentally linked to the synchronization of clocks via a signal that propagates at infinite speed. This concept raises complications when compared to Einstein's 1905 theory, as substituting c=infinity in Einstein's clock synchronization equations does not yield the Galileo transformations directly. Instead, it is more accurate to state that the Galileo transformations can be derived by applying the condition of c=infinity to Lorentz transformations.

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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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bernhard.rothenstein said:
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.
 

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