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Illustrating the relativity of simultaneity

Bernhard Rothenstein, Stefan Popescu, George J. Spix

physics.gen-pharXiv:physics/0511062

Abstract

We present a relativistic space-time diagram that displays in true magnitudes the readings (daytimes) of two inertial reference frames clocks. One reference frame is the rest frame for one clock. This diagram shows that two events simultaneous in one reference frames are not compulsory simultaneous in the other frame. This approach has a bi-dimensional character.

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