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| title = The Symmetry of Relative Motion | | title = The Symmetry of Relative Motion | ||
| url = [https://web.archive.org/web/20091128024352/http://www.wbabin.net/physics/asquith.pdf Link to paper (Internet Archive)] | |||
| author = [[P R Asquith]] | | author = [[P R Asquith]] | ||
| keywords = [[Symmetry]], [[Relative Motion]] | | keywords = [[Symmetry]], [[Relative Motion]] | ||
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'''Read the full paper''' [https://web.archive.org/web/20091128024352/http://www.wbabin.net/physics/asquith.pdf here] ''(archived copy — the original link is no longer available)'' | |||
==Abstract== | ==Abstract== | ||
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| Scientific Paper | |
|---|---|
| Title | The Symmetry of Relative Motion |
| Read in full | Link to paper (Internet Archive) |
| Author(s) | P R Asquith |
| Keywords | Symmetry, Relative Motion |
| Published | 2004 |
| Journal | General Science Journal |
| No. of pages | 24 |
Read the full paper here (archived copy — the original link is no longer available)
Abstract
A symmetrical spacetime model of relative motion is developed in relation to the hyperbola, t? − x? = 1. The model shows the Worldline of P (Inertial Frame coordinates xP, tP) moving symmetrically away from that of Q. If a ray of light leaves P at xP = 0, tP = a-b, is reflected from an event H on Q (xQ = 0, xP = b) and returns to P at xP = 0, tP = a+b, the value tP=a is an overestimate of the time on Ps clock as H occurs. The time overestimate results in an underestimate by P of the velocity of Q relative to P. There is therefore a velocity v = xP/tP = b/a , which is less than the velocity w = xP /(time on Ps clock as H occurs) = b/(<a) derived from a symmetrical model. The former, v, the usual definition, is limited by the equations to less than the speed of light; the latter, w, is not limited. The "twin paradox" is solved.