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John Anthony
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In Special Relativity, acceleration at high speeds causes time dilation and length contraction. Is it fair to restate this as; Acceleration at high speeds causes curvature of spacetime?
In General Relativity, curvature of spacetime causes acceleration.
Acceleration at high speeds causes increased relativistic mass (which increases gravity).
Gravity causes (or is) acceleration.
I arrived at this conflict when trying to understand how curved spacetime can cause acceleration in GR. I wanted to answer this by changing the relationship between time and length (three spatial dimensions) in curved spacetime, similar to the way it is done in SR, but to increase speed instead. That, in turn, made me wonder about the possible circular relationships that might occur between the two theories.
In General Relativity, curvature of spacetime causes acceleration.
Acceleration at high speeds causes increased relativistic mass (which increases gravity).
Gravity causes (or is) acceleration.
I arrived at this conflict when trying to understand how curved spacetime can cause acceleration in GR. I wanted to answer this by changing the relationship between time and length (three spatial dimensions) in curved spacetime, similar to the way it is done in SR, but to increase speed instead. That, in turn, made me wonder about the possible circular relationships that might occur between the two theories.