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To: Zuriel

Using Special Relativity, any constant acceleration places “you” ( or the accelerated object ) on a hyperbolic trajectory wrt any inertial frame of reference.

So, a laser beam, say, turned on at time “t=0” , when you begin accelerating and placed at a certain distance “behind” you, will never catch you ... i.e. you will never see it, even though you never exceed “c” in this frame.

It’s all simple algebra.


59 posted on 07/21/2023 9:47:25 PM PDT by dr_lew2
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To: dr_lew2

**It’s all simple algebra**

When I was in 8th (1967-68 school year) I was introduced to algebra. I said to myself, “what?? We are using the alphabet instead of numbers to do math?? Oh please NO!!”

I always enjoyed word problems WITH numbers. And the reality is, every calculation is a word problem. When I was presented an equation, with no situation in life to apply it to, I just wanted the period ending bell to ring.


80 posted on 07/22/2023 5:42:29 AM PDT by Zuriel (Acts 2:38,39....Do you believe it?)
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