Let us look deeper into the rod/slot paradox of Special Relativity. We know already that one can set up very different scenarios of the rod/slot encounter in two dimensions. The easiest way to do so is to use different reference … Read More
We continue our analysis of the rod/slot paradox in Special Relativity. So far, we have studied both a collision scenario and a transit scenario for the rod and the slot in two dimensions. Each scenario was consistently described by observers … Read More
We continue with our analysis of the 2-dimensional rod/slot paradox in Special Relativity. We consider the perception of observers in a reference frame W. This special frame moves diagonally with respect to a setup frame A, which we used to … Read More
In the preceding two posts we have derived x– and y-coordinates of the rod’s and the slot’s ends in a new frame W. W‘s origin moves in a diagonal direction vs. the origin of our setup frame A, which we … Read More
I continue my post series on the 2-dimensional rod/slot paradox in Special Relativity. In this post we perform a Lorentz Transformation of the rod from a frame A, which we previously used to describe a collision scenario, to a diagonally … Read More