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Delta T > To?
I was working on the derivation of the time dilation of Eisteins Special Theory of Relativity, when I realized that your change in time from the final equation is actually higher than the time of the observer at rest. Now I understand why the time an object traveling close to the speed of light should slow down, but if you put 1 sec for an object traveling at half of C, you end up getting 1.1547 sec. So, then as 1 sec of your time has passed it would say that 1.1547 sec has passed for the object moveing at half C. But since it has experienced more time, time would be going faster So I guess my question is, how do you us this number to show that time is actuallly going slower in the moveing frame of reference? From how I solved this equation, it looks like it should be the inverse of Einsteins equation. Which would be 0.866 sec for an object traveling half of C for 1 sec. To me this seems like it would be more right because in 1 sec of your time, the object traveling half C would only experience 0.866 of a sec. Hence, being slower. I have another problem with it too, but I think I should wait until I get this issue resolved before I move on to that. But for now I think that your time dilation would equal your normal time, times the square root of one minus it's velocity squared over speed of light squared. (instead of divided by the Lorenzt Factor)
I was working on the derivation of the time dilation of Eisteins Special Theory of Relativity, when I realized that your change in time from the final equation is actually higher than the time of the observer at rest. Now I understand why the time an object traveling close to the speed of light should slow down, but if you put 1 sec for an object traveling at half of C, you end up getting 1.1547 sec. So, then as 1 sec of your time has passed it would say that 1.1547 sec has passed for the object moveing at half C. But since it has experienced more time, time would be going faster So I guess my question is, how do you us this number to show that time is actuallly going slower in the moveing frame of reference? From how I solved this equation, it looks like it should be the inverse of Einsteins equation. Which would be 0.866 sec for an object traveling half of C for 1 sec. To me this seems like it would be more right because in 1 sec of your time, the object traveling half C would only experience 0.866 of a sec. Hence, being slower. I have another problem with it too, but I think I should wait until I get this issue resolved before I move on to that. But for now I think that your time dilation would equal your normal time, times the square root of one minus it's velocity squared over speed of light squared. (instead of divided by the Lorenzt Factor)