Updates to Corrections to Special Relativity [January 2006]
6.6 - (Update to Corrections to Special Relativity [2005]). The author has received an E-mail response which asserted that he had re-derived the Lorentz Transformation for Transverse Force using Maxwell's Electromagnetic Equations and verified that the conventionally accepted expression was correct and that the expression provided in this article is incorrect. Unfortunately for such a conclusion, it must be pointed out that his assertion is false! Since Maxwell's Equations involve the velocity of light, in order to apply them for this purpose, it is first necessary to correct them for the change in the ABSOLUTE velocity of light caused by a change of a velocity reference frame.
6.7 - (Update to Corrections to Special Relativity [2005])When Special Relativity was published, it was asserted that the Special Theory of Relativity showed that the velocity of light was the same in all reference frames. This statement is quite true as long as one considers effects which occur within a single reference frame. Special Relativity does not show that the velocity is the same, in absolute terms, between reference frames.
6.8 - (Update to Corrections to Special Relativity [2005]). In order to determine whether the velocity of light, which is observed to be the same not only within a refernce frame but between all reference frames, one must first determine the Lorentz Transformation for Velocity. Since velocity is equal to length/time, it followsd that the Lorentz Transformation for Velocity must be equal to the Lorentz Transformation for time (1/(1-V^2/C^2)^0.5 divided by the Lorentz Transformations for Time (1-V^2/C^2)^0.5. It follows, therefore, that the Lorentz Transformation for Velocity is equal to 1/(1-V^2/C^2)! It is not equal to unity. This transformation tells us that if, as we observe, the velocity of light has its nominal velocity of C WITHIN any given reference frame, it cannot retain that property BETWEEN reference frames which have a relative velocity. Einstein's UNPROVEN assertion that the velocity of light is constant is misleading. The velocity of light is "a constant" when measured within a reference frame. IT IS NOT CONSTANT when observed between reference frames which differ in velocity and/or elevations. The alleged refutation of the Lorentz Transformation for Transverse Force does not stand, The Transformation provided in this article remains valid.
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