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Spatial measures in special relativity do not empirically determine simultaneity relations: A reply to Coleman and Korté
Ronald Anderson,G. E. Stedman +1 more
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In this article, the authors restated and defended an earlier attempt to refute the traditional thesis of the conventionality of simultaneity within special relativity, and argued their attempt still fails and respond to criticisms of a paper in which we addressed the inadequacies of their earlier paper.Abstract:
Coleman and Korte have restated and defended an earlier attempt to refute the traditional thesis of the conventionality of simultaneity within special relativity. Here we argue their attempt still fails and respond to criticisms of a paper in which we addressed the inadequacies of their earlier paper. The spatial criterion they use to argue for standard synchronization throughout an inertial frame is merely a definition and provides no demonstration that a unique distant simultaneity relation exists in nature.read more
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