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Special Relativity and the Lorentz Equations: Errors in Einstein's 1905 paper. In 1905 Einstein presented his Special Theory of Relativity and claimed to prove that the Lorentz Transformation equations and time dilation of moving clocks can be deduced from it. In a new paper in Physis Essays 37.1, March 2024, Beal has identified errors in Einstein's calculations which invalidate his conclusions.
Despite the mystique around Einstein and relativity there is no complicated physics in this paper and the mathematical errors identified are at the level of simple algebra. Whilst many authors have discussed the implications of Einstein's theory, which are complex, they have not identified the simple errors in his calculations which are fatal to his analysis.
You can view the paper and also download a PDF copy at Beal's web site, https://anbeal.co.uk/relativity.html ...
Alisdair Beal will also be presenting his findings in an online lecture of Saturday 2nd March 2024 at 3pm [UK time]. This should be easier for non-specialists to understand and will be recorded and available for replay afterwards. Links to online lecture below ...
https://www.youtube.com/@JohnChappell/videos
https://facebook.naturalphilosophy.org ...
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From that point on, the best minds of the day spent all their efforts trying to identify an underlying mechanism to test/explain this phenomenon.
The maths of Special Relativity (a minor tweak on Galileian transformations), were created by Poincare and published by Lorentz years before Einstein “rediscovered” them.
ALL Einstein really did was say, “Don’t sweat the why … Accept that it is, and let’s explore the implications…”
The result was that, despite his mathematical inaccuracies, everyone breathed a collective sigh of relief, and moved on to apply the same approach to the now nascent topic of Quantum Physics.