I Synchronizing clocks in an inertial frame if light is anisotropic

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I would agree with that view. There are no non-zero Christoffel symbols in an Anderson frame, hence no fictitious forces. So Newton’s first law is satisfied.

But I would still not consider it to be an inertial frame for that reason. There are Anderson-frame expressions for conserved energy and momentum, but they differ enough that I don’t think the second and third laws are useful in such frames.
 
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Dale said:
A calorimeter doesn’t measure KE.
If it is at rest in the center of mass frame and we have arranged for a fully inelastic collision to happen inside it?
 

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