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|    Re: Switch from one reference to another    |
|    10 Aug 17 11:13:53    |
      From: fortunati.luigi@gmail.com              Jos Bergervoet alle ore 19:33:08 del 09/08/2017 ha scritto:       > Obviously it is important here to define 'acceleration' as the       > locally perceived (by T) acceleration. Incidentally, the other       > twin, T0, who is still on Earth, perceives an acceleration of       > 9.8m/s^2 all the time, whereas T, using the sling-shot return,       > perceives no acceleration at all during his journey.       >       > If you want to use another definition of 'acceleration' (or of       > 'transition' or of 'reference frame') the answers to your       > questions might well be different. These things are actually       > very difficult to discuss in words, without mathematical       > definitions.              Acceleration is variation of velocity in a given frame.              Is this definition of acceleration rigorous (and sufficient)?              --       Luigi Fortunati              Credere e' piu' facile che pensare       Believing is easier than thinking              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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