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Summary:: Require confirmation regarding answers to a question posed by the book "Basic Relativity" by Richard A. Mould.
Here is a problem which I encountered while going through Basic Relativity by Richard A. Mould-
I'd like to receive a confirmation regarding the answers I've come up with to the question, since I'm an absolute beginner in Special Relativity.
a) The length of the train as measured by the train observer would be the length of the platform as measured by the train observer, and equal to L/gamma, as the platform is moving with respect to the train observer.
b) According to a ground observer, the reading on clock 2 at that instant would be 4 - L/v. Since the platform clocks are not synchronized with respect to the train observer, the reading on clock 2 at that instant for the train observer would be 4 - L/(gamma v), due to time dilation.
c) The time interval between the two events according to the train observer would be thus L/(gamma v).
Can someone confirm if the above answers are correct? If not, can someone tell me where am I possibly going wrong? Thanks!
Here is a problem which I encountered while going through Basic Relativity by Richard A. Mould-
I'd like to receive a confirmation regarding the answers I've come up with to the question, since I'm an absolute beginner in Special Relativity.
a) The length of the train as measured by the train observer would be the length of the platform as measured by the train observer, and equal to L/gamma, as the platform is moving with respect to the train observer.
b) According to a ground observer, the reading on clock 2 at that instant would be 4 - L/v. Since the platform clocks are not synchronized with respect to the train observer, the reading on clock 2 at that instant for the train observer would be 4 - L/(gamma v), due to time dilation.
c) The time interval between the two events according to the train observer would be thus L/(gamma v).
Can someone confirm if the above answers are correct? If not, can someone tell me where am I possibly going wrong? Thanks!