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I have been accused of crackpottery. I will therefore not make any statements in this post. Rather I would like to ask a simple mathematical question which lies at the root of the interpretation of SR.
If I have two equations:
1. x^2 + y^2 + z^2 - kt^2 = 0, and
2. x'^2 +y'^2 + z'^2 - kt'^2 = 0.
Let k=c^2, m=sqrt(1-v^2/k), x' = (x - vt)/m, y'=y, z'=z and t'=(t-vx/k)/m
Is the equation: x^2 + y^2 + z^2 - kt^2 = A(x'^2 +y'^2 + z'^2 - kt'^2), where A is a constant
a. valid for all points (x,y,z,t), or
b. only valid for points where x^2 + y^2 + z^2 - kt^2 = 0 and x'^2 +y'^2 + z'^2 - kt'^2 = 0?
If it is only valid for (b) above (as I was taught in university and in school), then (I believe) the equations derived for special relativity are only valid for points where x^2 + y^2 + z^2 - kt^2 = 0 and x'^2 +y'^2 + z'^2 - kt'^2 = 0, and not for all ponderable points (x,y,z,t) as currently being used.
Could somebody please prove me wrong?
If I have two equations:
1. x^2 + y^2 + z^2 - kt^2 = 0, and
2. x'^2 +y'^2 + z'^2 - kt'^2 = 0.
Let k=c^2, m=sqrt(1-v^2/k), x' = (x - vt)/m, y'=y, z'=z and t'=(t-vx/k)/m
Is the equation: x^2 + y^2 + z^2 - kt^2 = A(x'^2 +y'^2 + z'^2 - kt'^2), where A is a constant
a. valid for all points (x,y,z,t), or
b. only valid for points where x^2 + y^2 + z^2 - kt^2 = 0 and x'^2 +y'^2 + z'^2 - kt'^2 = 0?
If it is only valid for (b) above (as I was taught in university and in school), then (I believe) the equations derived for special relativity are only valid for points where x^2 + y^2 + z^2 - kt^2 = 0 and x'^2 +y'^2 + z'^2 - kt'^2 = 0, and not for all ponderable points (x,y,z,t) as currently being used.
Could somebody please prove me wrong?