On the principle of relativity and electrostatics in a flat spacetime with a compact spatial dimension
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We study a flat spacetime with a compact spatial dimension and dispute the claim of Bansal, Laing, and Sriharan that a local experiment can determine whether or not an inertial observer is "privileged" in this spacetime.
18 pages, 1 figure, this is a commentary on gr-qc/0503070v1. changes in v2: title changed, typos corrected, minor changes in text, definition of "topological locality" revised, references added
18 pages, 1 figure, this is a commentary on gr-qc/0503070v1. changes in v2: title changed, typos corrected, minor changes in text, definition of "topological locality" revised, references added