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Einstein Train Relativity of Simultaneity

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Einstein's train thought experiment (1917.) Comparison between stationary observers (Mr. Green) and moving observer's (Mr. Blue) inertial frames NOTE: Diagrams are not drawn in scale, they are simply schematics to demonstrate relativity of simuitaneity according to Special Relativity theory. \ Stationary | t observers | inertial frame | en | r Fly Let ey its Mr Be. +h Groen concues th Lt a is traveling wards Mr "oe ‘this moment bth rays each Mr Gree. Mi. Green Lon concios at ahnng ack both ends smataneo, | Blu contnuneo move owas he ig ay, apd Me 8 (econ concuses" al he Right ray reached MB st ‘Beth rays ae waving st constant speed cower Mr. ‘Green Mr lu has moved right igh) we jae Ne Grows rs eget Ling ses bt : ain ends time 0 ot. Greens inertal ame, “Note nat nether Me eee rar Mt. Bue can observe ayo the vers nt the ight aca feaches them, et Green nt actualy ee Mr. lus bing Mita he eae en | ‘oppene Howove on hr, Green's otal Pam, he can conchae te igh ty has MM, ie Before hing Mr ioe, ana ha Ley wil nit hr Ble afer nas nti Greon. \asoners ne aware of tutor nner foes boca ey can ealcaate te tre ight needs | t ! toearel ated dance, although Hy are Soong “pat evere wenaer erat reaches hem. Movin; Eston sexo taking aout event mutant nae fret nr ames, reoress of “a i sel lye atsocatod win vaveling of Momton ote cheer ected laure observer's. inertial frame \ Fay Ln ys Ble +f Leta stl avling toads Mr. Ble (tne moment, bot ays reoch Mr. Green io si Lge wating forthe ter ay, sne suck er ight ry hits Mr. Blues. Blo once that he font 3s ‘soho boon ses fa. ‘Semele ater that. ghring ses the back) sae othe | ol 1M lu and Mr Gees are aged ts moment. One side erin at aay boen suc, ul tb aha one habe x' J Ins nora ame, ghrng sis ont ig si ofthe ‘ram before tr Green ae hi. ue ae even signed! Position of events in space and time becomes easier to visualize in a Minkowski space diagram. In this diagram, spacetime coordinates of all events remain equal between different inertial frames. Events which are displaced in the direction of train movement (in stationary observer's frame), happen before the events which are in the opposite direction along the axis of movement, even ifthe stationary observer sees them as simultaneous. Minkowski t Minkowski the coordinate system coordinate system | for the stationary # for the moving x ‘observer # observer: i & s 3 & * a

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