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  • Space Time is good thought to enjoy the daily walks. I still remember my bike walks in Eindhoven in the summer 1968, when working as a Student Volontair in Philips!

    Good morning, Marius
    Try to use the Space Time axes George (x,t) and Gracie (x’,t’) or in other words, World Lines (t,t’) and Now Lines (x,x’). I find much better understanding using them.
    For better explanation, while George remains at the Start line, he has a friend (Peter) at the Finish Line. Both of them have clocks in sync.
    When Gracie’s World Line (x’=0) crosses the Peter’s World Line (x=156 lt.min), the Now Line of Gracie is (t’=65 min) and the Now Line of Peter and George is (t=169min).
    The “Problem” starts when Gracie makes numbers, without using the Space Time diagram:
    The Now Line of Gracie (t’=65 min) crosses the World Line of George (x=0) at (t=25 min). Thinking twice now, she sees her Now Line (t’=0) while crossing the George’s World Line (x=0) at (t=0), crosses the Peter’s World Line (x=156lt.min) at (t=144 min) and solve the problem making 25+144 =169 min!
    But if she were using the Space Time diagram, she would see that her Now Line (t’=65min) also crosses the World Line of Peter (x=156 lt.min) at (t = 169 min)

    Hi, Marius, I can’t follow your writing and question. Please specify the Problem’s number you are referring to.

    Thank you very much Marius, now I realize that data of 100ns of Train’s front clock refers to the coordinate (Δt’), while I was mistakenly confusing with (Δt). Now Professor Brian explanation is clear to me!

    Now with the Space Time diagrams, the asynchronous nature of moving clocks is graphically represented. Referring to 26.3, where on the moving blue frame, the clocks on the right are lagging behind those on the left, I have the opinion according to the slope of the blue line, that clocks on the right should mark in advance than those on the left. Am I OK?

    My comment refers to 22.11, where Professor Brian wrote 100ns = (v)(L0/2)/c^2.
    Following 8.1 it should be 100ns = (v) (L/2)/(c^2-v^2), and with 200ns = L/v,
    results in v = 0.7c; γ = 1.41; L = 141’ and L0 = 200’

    My comment refers to 22.11, where Professor Brian wrote 100’ = (v)(L0/2)/c^2.
    Following 8.1 it should be 100’ = (v) (L/2)/(c^2-v^2), and with 200’ = L/v,
    results in v = 0.7c; γ = 1.41; L = 141’ and L0 = 200’

    Great Course, Professor Green! I started browsing through the animation pictures of your Light Clock, then watching the Characters George and Gracie and every time I was feeling more enthusiast while jumping from Modules at the middle to Modules at the end.
    Now, revisiting the Course in a quieter mood I found myself deeply impressed with your way of teaching. Yes, dropping and practising with the addition velocity formula is the best way of awake our feelings accustomed to Newtonian Mechanics.

    Because length at rest is divided by gamma, the density at rest will be multiplied by gamma squared.

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