Examples of Conflicts in Special Relativity Resulting from Shifting Assumptions

From Natural Philosophy Wiki
Revision as of 10:23, 1 January 2017 by Maintenance script (talk | contribs) (Imported from text file)
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Scientific Paper
Title Examples of Conflicts in Special Relativity Resulting from Shifting Assumptions
Author(s) Neil E Munch
Keywords Special Relativity
Published 1997
Journal None

Abstract

Assumptions which shift inappropriately in special relativity theory (SRT) are discussed in a previous paper. This document provides examples of conflicts within SRT which resulted from those shifts: (a) Conflicting provisions for orientations of velocity v and c; (b) Contradictory interpretations and relationships of x,x',t,t'; (c) Inappropriate assumption of linearity; (d) Incompatible resulting SRT equations. The status of six commonly-shifted assumptions is illustrated in small tables accompanying descriptions of the conflicts. In ordinary circumstances, each of the resulting conflicts would be sufficient to reject SRT and its presumed space-time-mass relationships as understood today.