Re: [Vo]:Did I get this right?

2010-04-02 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 12:11 AM 4/2/2010, Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: On 04/01/2010 07:28 PM, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote: Re: [Vo]:checking my understanding of Lorentz contraction At 02:04 PM 4/1/2010, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote: But there is a limit suggested by this, that the maximum flattening is by

[Vo]:Did I get this right?

2010-04-01 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
Re: [Vo]:checking my understanding of Lorentz contraction At 02:04 PM 4/1/2010, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote: But there is a limit suggested by this, that the maximum flattening is by one-half. That is, that the Lorentz contraction is limited to one-half of the original length (in the

Re: [Vo]:Did I get this right?

2010-04-01 Thread Terry Blanton
There is no actual physical contraction. Relativistic compression is actually Terrell rotation. Here's a great vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQnHTKZBTI4 T On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 7:28 PM, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax a...@lomaxdesign.com wrote: Re: [Vo]:checking my understanding of Lorentz

Re: [Vo]:Did I get this right?

2010-04-01 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
On 04/01/2010 07:28 PM, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote: Re: [Vo]:checking my understanding of Lorentz contraction At 02:04 PM 4/1/2010, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote: But there is a limit suggested by this, that the maximum flattening is by one-half. This is false. There is no maximum. As an