Special relativity and the rod/slot paradox – XI – Lorentz Transformation between slot and rod for the transit scenario

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In our post series about the rod/slot “paradox” in Special Relativity we presently study a “transit scenario”. In this scenario the rod passes the slot unharmed due to a clever combination of initial conditions in a setup frame Z. We … Read More

Special relativity and the rod/slot paradox – X – details of the transit scenario as seen by the rod

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In this post series we study the rod/slot “paradox”. During the last two posts we got familiar with a “transit scenario” prepared in a special reference frame Z, where the rod and the slot moved along the x– and the … Read More

Special relativity and the rod/slot paradox – IX – transit scenario and measurements by an observer co-moving with the rod

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In the course of this series on the rod/slot paradox in Special Relativity, we now start to analyze a scenario in which a rod moves through a slot. We have called such a scenario a transit scenario. I want to … Read More

Special relativity and the rod/slot paradox – VIII – setup of a transit scenario with the rod moving through the slot

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Up to now we have analyzed the “rod / slot paradox” in Special Relativity [SR] via a well defined “collision scenario”. The results of Lorentz Transformations [LT] between various reference frames showed no paradox at all. Instead we got consistent … Read More