Refutation of Special Relativity for Dummies

[Darwin123]

For this equation?
t' = γ(t - vx/c^2)
If so, neither is the correct derivative since v appears in γ. In any case, since X is also a variable, I would suggest a partial derivative is more appropriate.

Yes. You are right and I was wrong. Neither can be correct.

Yes again. You are right and Wogoga was wrong.The partial derivative is more appropriate in this case. Wogoga used a full derivative where he should have used a partial derivative.

BTW: I may have been wrong in another way. I am not sure that Wogoga posted on the Antirelativity Forum. I may have gotten him and Cryptic mixed up.

 

[Perpetual Student]

Yes. You are right and I was wrong. Neither can be correct.

Yes again. You are right and Wogoga was wrong.The partial derivative is more appropriate in this case. Wogoga used a full derivative where he should have used a partial derivative.

BTW: I may have been wrong in another way. I am not sure that Wogoga posted on the Antirelativity Forum. I may have gotten him and Cryptic mixed up.

Yes, since t' = t'(t,x,v), partial derivative notation would apply.

∂t'/∂v = -(vx/c²)(1 - v²/c²)^-1/2 + (v/c²)(1 - v²/c²)^-3/2(t - xv/c²)