1205.2680 (Bruno Hartmann)

Physical Determination of Relativistic Motion (Kinematics)    [PDF]

Bruno Hartmann

Special Relativity can be founded mathematically as an axiomatic system. This begins with abstract objects and postulates. However one can also consider what actually happens in measurements of real phenomena. The measurement-theoretically based view provides the mathematical formulation of abstract measurement results together with its physical conditions. In the interrelation of physical conditions (of classical laser ranging) the mathematical principle Lorentz symmetry is justified. In the contrast of physical conditions the limitations of the mathematical formalism become transparent regarding the physical resolution of the apparent Twin paradox. In the resulting formalism the physical meaning of its mathematical elements clarifies and simple principles of relativistic physics are uncovered - the key to overcome hidden stumbling blocks and apparent paradoxes from an (unscrutinized) classical intuition.

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