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
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
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
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