Physics – General Physics
Scientific paper
2004-03-19
Physics
General Physics
23 pages, 5 figures, 4 tables. See also physics/0004012. The resolution of the causal paradox is presented in physics/0501043.
Scientific paper
The distinction between the real positions of moving objects in a single reference frame and the apparent positions of objects at rest in one inertial frame and viewed from another, as predicted by the space-time Lorentz Transformations, is discussed. It is found that in the Rockets-and-String paradox the string remains unstressed and does not break and that the pole in the Barn-and-Pole paradox never actually fits into the barn. The close relationship of the Lorentz-Fitzgerald Contraction and the relativity of simultaneity of Special Relativity is pointed out and an associated paradox, in which causality is apparently violated, is noted.
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