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Conventionality in the Axiomatic Foundations of the Special Theory of Relativity
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 March 2022
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In this paper we examine Ellis and Bowman's argument, that simultaneity in inertial frames of reference is not conventional, from the axiomatic point of view. In Part I we examine the role of conventions in an axiomatic physical theory, and in Part II the relation of simultaneity in Reichenbach's axiomatization of the space-time theory of special relativity.
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- A Panel Discussion of Simultaneity By Slow Clock Transport in The Special and General Theories of Relativity
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