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Acceleration and the “clock paradox”.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

C. A. Hurst
C. A. Hurst
Affiliation:
University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia.
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In the controversy which has been continuing over the “clock paradox”, it has been claimed by supporters ([1]) of the orthodox interpretation that the difference in behaviour of clocks carried by observers in motion relative to each other can be traced to differencesin the motion relative to the universe. Whilst A remains unaccelerated relative to the universe, B for a portion of his journey does not. Professor Dingle, in reply ([2]), remarked that he would “not dispute a possible slight effect” but could not understand why, if the acceleration of B were so important, it did not appear explicitly in the answer.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 2 , Issue 1 , April 1961 , pp. 120 - 121
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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1961

References

[1]Crawford, F. S.Nature 179, 1071 (1957).Google Scholar
[2]Dingle, H.Nature 179, 865, 1129, 1242 (1957).Google Scholar