POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : Physical puzzle : Re: Physical puzzle Server Time
14 Nov 2024 18:23:08 EST (-0500)
  Re: Physical puzzle  
From: andrel
Date: 1 Jan 2008 17:48:29
Message: <477AC347.5070707@hotmail.com>
Warp wrote:
> Xavier Manget <NOS### [at] freefr> wrote:
>> If the trains' speeds are close enough to the speed of light, because of 
>> relativistic length contraction  (and with correct timing) the trains will 
>> have enough length to pass each other on the double track?...
> 
>> Did I get it? :-p
> 
>   Yes.
> 
>   (Had you heard of the thought experiment, or did you figure it out on
> your own?)
> 
Did you, or the person that came up with this idea, actually do the math 
for these three reference systems? just curious.


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