Four paradoxes about the special theory of relativity

2016/07/07 by Xiaojun Li, Xiao-Jun Li, Kai Chen +8
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paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1607.03837

published in arXiv (Cornell University) (Cornell University) · 12 pages, 7 figures

arxiv created 2016/07/07 · openalex publication_date 2016/07/07 · arxiv updated 2016/07/14 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

Various paradoxes about the relativity theory have been developed since the birth of this theory. Each paradox somewhat shows people's query about the relativity theory, and solving of each paradox demonstrates the correctness of relativity theory once again. In this paper, four paradoxes about the special theory of relativity are brought forward: displacement paradox, electromagnetic transformation paradox, Doppler paradox and magnetic force paradox. We hope some researchers can reasonably explain these paradoxes, and then knowledge of the relativity theory will become more abundant.

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