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At 8:42 AM -0700 7/15/03, Stephen Speicher wrote:
Pentcho Valev wrote:
Just a question. When a clock is idealized as a point-like particle,
the analysis is standard and simple, as you say above. When one deals
with a clock as an extended object (i.e. with a real clock), the
analysis is vastly more complex and we should not discuss it since
there is a lack of understanding between us.
No. The lack of understanding I have referred to is your own, in
regard to the basic concepts of relativity. To that end I have
recommended that you carefully read and thoroughly study Taylor
and Wheeler's "Spacetime Physics," including working out all of
the exercises therein. This deceptively simple non-technical book
will give you a good conceptual understanding of the fundamentals
of the theory.
A point particle clock MUST register the SAME time intervals as your
extended clock or else you would be able to detect which frame is
moving.
Size of your clock DOESN'T matter in this discussion.