Two Examples of Circular Motion for Introductory Courses in Relativity

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The circular twin paradox and Thomas Precession are presented in a way that makes both accessible to students in introductory relativity courses. Both are discussed by examining what happens during travel around a polygon and then in the limit as the polygon tends to a circle. Since relativistic predictions based on these examples can be verified in experiments with macroscopic objects such as atomic clocks and the gyroscopes on Gravity Probe B, they are particularly convincing to introductory students.
Accepted by the American Journal of Physics This version includes revisions

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General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology, Classical Physics, Physics Education

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http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/201134

Consulte el texto completo en el siguiente enlace:

https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0703090
 http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0703090
 Am.J.Phys.75:1123-1133,2007; Erratum-ibid.76:595,2008
 doi:10.1119/1.2779883

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