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| May 23, 2022 at 4:55 | history | edited | γ Anon | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 23, 2022 at 1:33 | comment | added | γ Anon | Yes, length contraction with be greater for the crate, but not in same direction. In Alice's perspective, the length between the North Western edge and and the South Eastern edge will be unchanged, at ~707.11mm and the distance between the North Eastern edge and the South Western edge will now be 500mm. This shape now has to fit through a gap that is now ~433.88mm wide, due to the trains length contraction. Try and do that while making sure that each of the crate's corners face their original orientation. | |
| May 23, 2022 at 1:07 | comment | added | γ Anon | Thought experiments such Schrödinger's Cat and the Twins Paradox have been used by physicists in the past to comprehend physics theories. This is no different. | |
| May 22, 2022 at 15:11 | comment | added | Eric Smith | It appears that Alice is wildly guessing rather than reasoning; either that, or she has forgotten that in the Earth frame the crate's speed is considerably higher than the train's speed, and hence it will be more length contracted than the window. In any case, if she actually does the math, she will find that it will fit, just as Bob predicted. | |
| May 22, 2022 at 14:02 | answer | added | Steve Justin | timeline score: 1 | |
| May 22, 2022 at 13:40 | answer | added | Professor Sushing | timeline score: 0 | |
| May 22, 2022 at 12:55 | answer | added | Dale | timeline score: 0 | |
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| May 22, 2022 at 11:29 | comment | added | Brian | This is not a puzzle site... You may have better luck on puzzling. SE. Please bol down your question to the pure physics if you want to keep it here | |
| May 22, 2022 at 11:24 | history | edited | γ Anon | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| S May 22, 2022 at 7:59 | review | First questions | |||
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| S May 22, 2022 at 7:59 | history | asked | γ Anon | CC BY-SA 4.0 |