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|    Luigi Fortunati to All    |
|    How many bowling pins fall down?    |
|    12 Sep 17 22:43:55    |
   
   From: fortunati.luigi@gmail.com   
      
   There is an unbroken row of bowling pins (wide ) that are   
   approached to each other and there is a ball (diameter=l) that   
   throws down only one bowling pins if it hits it full or two consecutive   
   bowling pins in other cases.   
      
   This happens if the pitcher is at rest with the bowling pins.   
      
   But if the bowling pins are on a train that moves to gamma=4 and   
   the ball is fired from the station, the bowling pins are contracted   
   to 1/4 of their width and then the ball hits 4 or 5 bowling pins.   
      
   However, in the train's reference frame the ball is to be contracted   
   at 1/4 of its width while the bowling pins do not and then fall   
   down a single bowling pin or at most two.   
      
   So how many bowling pins fall down?   
      
   Fall down 4 or 5 (how does it look to who is in the station) or   
   falls down only one or two (as it appears to who is on the train)?   
      
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