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LECTURE 20
     questions before lecture

think about these

  • Where in our Gedanken Experiments has there been a triangle like the one we had for the swimmers racing?
  • What happens to the gamma factor when v/c gets bigger?
  • How big can v/c get?
  • How small and how large can gamma get?
  • What is meant by "time is the fourth dimension?"
  • What is a "light second?"

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Please email any questions, comments, or suggestions to Professor Bernice Durand, bdurand@theory3.physics.wisc.edu.

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