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sunmaggot
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I got a strange problem and it is not homework. I am not sure if this problem is low level, but I just can't imagine the whole picture.
Problem:
two lance warriors are going to have a fight. Assume the fight is perfectly fair, the lance and the horse and even the two participants are identical.
let me define the two warriors. One is going to ride the horse and go forward, call him warrior M (it means Moving), another one is called warrior S (it means Stationary) who will not move forward and will wait for opponent to come.
warrior M moves with velocity v towards warrior S (the velocity is relative to the velocity of the venue).
By a frame with velocity v/2, he sees two warriors stab each other at the same time.
Here is the problem, for both warrior, they see the opponent has shorter lance due to length contraction. at the moment they are able to stab the opponent, there is the thing I cannot imagine. M will see that he stabs on S first, but S will also see that he stabs on M first.
Until this moment, everything seems to make sense. HOWEVER, imagine a warrior being stabbed before stabbing opponent, his attack will be different not being stabbed first. For the above example, M stabs on S first, then S cannot make a normal attack on M (normal attack means the attack v/2 frame sees).
So, what will the warriors actually see the opponent's movement?
Attempt of the imagination.
Is it possible to say the warrior M stabs on opponent, however the opponent does not have any reaction (like bleeding or falling from the horse, whatever reaction happens after being stabbed) until opponent stabs on the warrior (same as warrior S)? I think this imagination is ridiculous... Is there a better imagination...? I really want to sleep T.T
Problem:
two lance warriors are going to have a fight. Assume the fight is perfectly fair, the lance and the horse and even the two participants are identical.
let me define the two warriors. One is going to ride the horse and go forward, call him warrior M (it means Moving), another one is called warrior S (it means Stationary) who will not move forward and will wait for opponent to come.
warrior M moves with velocity v towards warrior S (the velocity is relative to the velocity of the venue).
By a frame with velocity v/2, he sees two warriors stab each other at the same time.
Here is the problem, for both warrior, they see the opponent has shorter lance due to length contraction. at the moment they are able to stab the opponent, there is the thing I cannot imagine. M will see that he stabs on S first, but S will also see that he stabs on M first.
Until this moment, everything seems to make sense. HOWEVER, imagine a warrior being stabbed before stabbing opponent, his attack will be different not being stabbed first. For the above example, M stabs on S first, then S cannot make a normal attack on M (normal attack means the attack v/2 frame sees).
So, what will the warriors actually see the opponent's movement?
Attempt of the imagination.
Is it possible to say the warrior M stabs on opponent, however the opponent does not have any reaction (like bleeding or falling from the horse, whatever reaction happens after being stabbed) until opponent stabs on the warrior (same as warrior S)? I think this imagination is ridiculous... Is there a better imagination...? I really want to sleep T.T