I guess I do not understand what you are referring to Harry. Each observer has his own special view that is different from everyone else. Anyone that resides at rest relative to the tracks would see the short train as it passes. Why would you expect them to make two separate observations? There is only one train moving past.
Dave -----Original Message----- From: H Veeder <[email protected]> To: vortex-l <[email protected]> Sent: Sun, Mar 2, 2014 3:23 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:a length contraction paradox That would be true if the problem of simultaneity across frames reference were present, but the thought experiment is crafted to avoid that possibility. Harry On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 1:23 PM, David Roberson <[email protected]> wrote: Hello Harry, The surveyor resides in a frame that is at rest relative to the tracks. He would not see two separate spray events so I would suspect that he would find the short version only. Dave -----Original Message----- From: H Veeder <[email protected]> To: vortex-l <[email protected]> Sent: Sun, Mar 2, 2014 1:10 pm Subject: [Vo]:a length contraction paradox A length contraction paradox which doesn't vanish with further analysis. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxxczzEYA5C5cXNmZU1aUXNTRFE/edit?usp=sharing harry
