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Spacetime diagrams for "twin paradox" showing three inertial frames of reference for a "traveling twin" going half the speed of light.

Events: (x,t) A: (-1,-1/v) B: (-1,-1) C: (-1,1/v) D: (0,-1/v - 1) E: (0,0) F:(0,1/v - 1)

Transformation: x'=gamma(x-beta*t*c) t'=gamma(t-beta*x/c)

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19:36, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

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current20:41, 24 August 2010Thumbnail for version as of 20:41, 24 August 2010480 × 188 (13 KB)JDoolin (talk | contribs)All images now at the same scale. Caption removed from image. Images made by Mathematica, with letter labels added in MS Paint.
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