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Lorentz Contraction

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Scientific Paper
TitleLorentz Contraction
Author(s)Tom Van Flandern
KeywordsLorentz contraction, lack of remote simultaneity
Published2003
JournalApeiron
Volume10
Number4
Pages7

Abstract

Lorentz contraction is not a change in the physical length of rods or meter sticks. Rather, it is an illusion introduced in special relativity by the lack of remote simultaneity. In Lorentzian relativity, elysium is entrained, so the need for a Lorentz contraction vanishes.