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Re: [Phys-l] geometry of spacetime



Yes!

I've sent it (as PDFs attachment) to my lit. musician, tech, polit. friends -- (MFA, MM, MA - people)

bc, breathlessly awaiting their comments.

John Denker wrote:

Rauber, Joel wrote:


http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/physics/pdf/0504/0504110.pdf


Again, thanks for the pointer to this nice work.


I suppose that since I am on the same side as the author I had
some affinity for the argument and am guilty of a bit of proselytizing.


Right on. IMHO this is a topic where some proselytizing is needed.

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There are two competing approaches to special relativity:
-- the contraction/dilation approach, versus
-- the geometric approach.

The geometric approach has so many advantages -- in terms of simplicity,



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