Clarified Relationships of Special Relativity and Doppler Equations

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Scientific Paper
Title Clarified Relationships of Special Relativity and Doppler Equations
Author(s) Neil E Munch
Keywords Special Relativity, Doppler Effect
Published 1997
Journal None

Abstract

Shifting assumptions and imprecise notation have permitted special relativity (SRT) to reach numerous conflicting interpretations!. When the assumptions of the 2nd principle and light-wave use are held constant and adequate notation is used, two 'building block' factors emerge which are useful in clarifying the relationships between SR T and its Doppler equations. Analyzing and checking such results is lengthy, especially in the SRT environment of shifting assumptions, so this is a progress report on those analyses with some early results and their interpretation. Much additional work remains, even for the one set of assumptions most compatible with Doppler and other light-related tests. In the end, incompatibility of results with Doppler and Michelson-Morley tests described in ref. [1] remains -- though perhaps seen a bit more clearly now.