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mogsy182
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[SOLVED] GPS and special relativity
time dilation of gps receivers and satellites
[tex]\Delta\tau[/tex] = [tex]\gamma[/tex][tex]\Delta[/tex] t
so its a part of my project, my tutor has worked it out as using the above equation and has gotten 7microseconds which is the correcr answer, but i can't seem to get that.
Ive got gamma = 1 somehow so there's no difference. my relativity is at best bad lol, so should i use the lorentz transformations?
V = 3.9 e3 m/s
t = 8.64 s (one day)
I can't see what I am doing wrong or where to go with this.
Homework Statement
time dilation of gps receivers and satellites
Homework Equations
[tex]\Delta\tau[/tex] = [tex]\gamma[/tex][tex]\Delta[/tex] t
The Attempt at a Solution
so its a part of my project, my tutor has worked it out as using the above equation and has gotten 7microseconds which is the correcr answer, but i can't seem to get that.
Ive got gamma = 1 somehow so there's no difference. my relativity is at best bad lol, so should i use the lorentz transformations?
V = 3.9 e3 m/s
t = 8.64 s (one day)
I can't see what I am doing wrong or where to go with this.