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A few topics discussed in the Usenet group sci.physics.relativity

Paul B. Andersen (Click here to send e-mail)

Articles:

What GR predicts for the perihelion advance of planets

The twin 'paradox' calculated by the metric

The twin ’paradox’ calculated by Doppler shift

A simplistic Sagnac ring

The four mirror Sagnac ring

What does the Special Theory of Relativity predict for a fibre optic gyro?

What GR predicts for the Pound-Rebka experiment

A Hafele & Keating - like thought experiment

Rate of clocks in GPS orbit

Mutual time dilation

Aberration and Doppler shift of EM-waves

Stellar aberration

Theory behind the StandingWave simulation

Setting synchronous clocks in motion

Simulations:

You can run the simulations as Applications, see how here

Simulation of gravitational deflection of light by the Sun

Simulation of the perihelion advance of planets predicted by GR

A "twin paradox" simulation

A simulation illustrating time dilation in satellites orbiting the Earth

A trip to the Moon

A simulation of the four mirror Sagnac ring

A simulation of the "Light Clock"

A simulation of a rotating spaceship

A simulation of standing waves

A simulation of pulse reflection on a transmission line

Other links

Index of experiments testing relativity

Index of some ad hoc papers and simulations