THE SELF-CONSISTENCY OF THE KINEMATICS OF SPECIAL RELATIVITY

Authors
GOOD IJ
Citation
Ij. Good, THE SELF-CONSISTENCY OF THE KINEMATICS OF SPECIAL RELATIVITY, Physics essays, 7(4), 1994, pp. 436-441
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physics essays → ACNP
ISSN journal
08361398
Volume
7
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
436 - 441
Database
ISI
SICI code
0836-1398(1994)7:4<436:TSOTKO>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
A recent argument by McCausland, claiming that the kinematics of the s pecial theory of relativity is internally inconsistent, is shown here to be fallacious. Apparently a small lapse in Einstein's exposition wa s one cause of the error by McCausland and of Dingle's earlier errors. Very strong evidence will be presented for the self-consistency of th e kinematics.