2001/10/22 by J. F. Geurdes, Geurdes, J. F.
Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics #Classical Physics (physics.class-ph) #Classical mechanics #Contraction (grammar) #Contradiction #Epistemology #FOS: Physical sciences #Frame of reference #General Physics (physics.gen-ph) #Length contraction #Lorentz transformation #Philosophy #Physics #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Relativity and Gravitational Theory #Theoretical physics #physics.class-ph #physics.gen-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.physics/0110058
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arxiv created 2001/10/22 · openalex publication_date 2001/10/22 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
In a recent paper, Harada and Sachs suggested that the Fitzgerald-Lorentz contraction does not refer to a physical contraction but can perhaps best be seen as a 'currency conversion'. In the present paper, this view is inspected, and it is found, beyond the immediate frame of the interpretation, that the Fitzgerald-Lorentz contraction leads to a contradiction in a system of more than two observers. A possible physical system in which this can occur is a relativistic (ideal) gas or fluid.