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Re: Special Relativity Question / Barn Paradox



She know that the pole does not fit because to her the barn is only 1/4
the length of her pole. Put sharp cutting blades at the doors and arrange
for them tocut simultaniously (in the barn fram when the runner holding
the middle of the pole is in the center of the barn. Unambiguously
the pole will be either in one or three peices.
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(A good space time diagram helps here. Also see the book Spacetime
Physics ( a VERY good book.)