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|    Ogtrop Snaijer to Tom Roberts    |
|    Re: The Twin Paradox: the role of accele    |
|    10 Jul 19 11:38:49    |
      From: ogsn@ovre4sb.vp              Tom Roberts wrote:                     >> I don't know what you're referring to there. Please elaborate.       >       > On 6/26/2019 I posted:       > Arrange two turntables to have their centers at rest in some inertial       > frame, and arrange them so their rims are tangent. On each rim place a       > clock, and arrange their rotation rates to be a rational number, such       > that the clocks periodically meet. By carefully choosing the rotation       > rates and the turntables' radii, you can arrange for the clock with the       > SMALLER acceleration to have a larger speed relative to the inertial       > frame, and thus accumulate less proper time between meetings.       > That is contrary to the notion that "acceleration is all that matters".              Not even wrong, by many lengths. That's a fictive acceleration/force. The       trick goes because different speeds, not paths, nor acceleration. Say a       4:1. However, the smaller and the larger disk are traveling same       distance. Which indicates that it is not the speed either, but the path       alone. Very funny indeed. Excellent addendum.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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