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stickman76
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There is a relationship between each of the mathematical values in each of the paradoxes with regard to each observers. There is obviously also a relationship between every situation we study in the Special Theory of Relativity. The Lorentz Transformations obviously prove this. So, I began to wonder, is it possible to visually represent these situations with a geometric shape that changes when the values change? For educational purposes- to help beginners visualize what is happening-
Example: Each side would have a mathematical value (or maybe descriptively) each individual side would represent time dilation, length contraction, light constancy, etc) and as one side's value increased, another decreased so that the sum total of the lengths of the shape would stay the same, the area of the shape would stay the same even as the shape was distorted. The side representing light constancy would stay the same illustrating light constancy. The length of the side representing time dilation would change representing the amount of time dilation, etc.
Could this be an interactive animation similar to the Minkowski diagram but shown as a geometric shape instead of a plot?
Example: Each side would have a mathematical value (or maybe descriptively) each individual side would represent time dilation, length contraction, light constancy, etc) and as one side's value increased, another decreased so that the sum total of the lengths of the shape would stay the same, the area of the shape would stay the same even as the shape was distorted. The side representing light constancy would stay the same illustrating light constancy. The length of the side representing time dilation would change representing the amount of time dilation, etc.
Could this be an interactive animation similar to the Minkowski diagram but shown as a geometric shape instead of a plot?