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1) When Einstein said,
Just when the flashes 1 of lightning occur, this point M' naturally coincides with the point M, but it moves towards the right in the diagram with the velocity v of the train.
http://www.bartleby.com/173/9.html
Did he specifically mean M and M' were at the same point on the x-axis of the embankment observer when the lightning flashed at both A and B?
2) Does any have the calculations for the time when the lightning will strike the front and back of the train of the moving observer calculated from the frame of embankment observer.
Thank you in advance.
Just when the flashes 1 of lightning occur, this point M' naturally coincides with the point M, but it moves towards the right in the diagram with the velocity v of the train.
http://www.bartleby.com/173/9.html
Did he specifically mean M and M' were at the same point on the x-axis of the embankment observer when the lightning flashed at both A and B?
2) Does any have the calculations for the time when the lightning will strike the front and back of the train of the moving observer calculated from the frame of embankment observer.
Thank you in advance.