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Re: Relativity




To simplify that rotating disk problem consider a circular disk spinning at
high relativistic rim speed v about its axis which is stationary in the
......

Deep down I suspect that there must be some fallacy in the hypothesis that
such a system can be constructed. Perhaps the rim must deform elastically
....

Leigh

Yup yup yup. I suspect so too :^). My disk keeps breaking, can anyone help?

Dan MacIsaac, Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Northern AZ Univ
danmac@nau.edu http://www.phy.nau.edu/~danmac/homepage.html