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E. T. Bell

Bio: E. T. Bell is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Einstein & Theory of relativity. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 1 citations.

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TL;DR: In this paper, a procedure for simultaneous synchronization in all inertial frames is consistent with the Galilean transformation, and the current work constitutes a smooth transition from traditional to relativistic vision of mechanics, and therefore is quite appealing from pedagogical point of view.
Abstract: In classical mechanics, a procedure for simultaneous synchronization in all inertial frames is consistent with the Galilean transformation. However, if one attempts to achieve such a synchronization utilizing light signals, he will be facing in the first place the break down of simultaneity, and secondly, a self-contradictory transformation that has the Lorentz transformation, or its confinement to the velocity of light, as the only possible ways that resolve the contradiction. The current work constitutes a smooth transition from traditional to relativistic vision of mechanics, and therefore is quite appealing from pedagogical point of view.

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