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Special Relativity - time paradox question, not sure if it's right
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[QUOTE="harrylin, post: 4459702, member: 293502"] As it's the difference between 1 and 1-v[SUP]2[/SUP]/c[SUP]2[/SUP] that matters, even a small v does impact on the equation - γ is close to 1, but different from 1. Thus, either solve as baddin suggested*, or solve as Einstein did in 1905 - he did not have a pocket calculator! Derive an approximate equation for the difference (easy math, simplify 1/√(1-x[SUP]2[/SUP]) for x<<1). See the second half of §4 of [url]http://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/einstein/specrel/www/[/url] *PS: I get a much smaller result both ways [/QUOTE]
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