From: kenseto on
On Apr 13, 3:04 pm, Sam Wormley <sworml...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4/13/10 8:17 AM, kenseto wrote:
>
> > So wormy what is an absolute frame in physics? What are the
> > differences between an absolute frame and an inertial frame?
>
> > Ken Seto
>
>    Hi Ken--There are no absolute frames in physics.

Assetion is not a valid arguement.SR and LET uses the absolute frame
to derive its math.

Ken Seto

>
>    Inertial frame of reference
>      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inertial_frame_of_reference
>
> "In physics, an inertial frame of reference (also inertial reference
> frame or inertial frame ) is a frame of reference which describes time
> homogeneously and space homogeneously, isotropically, and in a time
> independent manner. This allows motion and interactions to be described
> without the presence of fictitious forces. Special relativity states
> that there are actually infinitely many such frames, and the physical
> laws takes the same form as they do in any other inertial frame of the
> same handedness. In flat spacetimes, all inertial frames are in a state
> of constant, uniform motion with respect to one another".
>
> "By contrast, in non-inertial reference frames, the laws of physics are
> dependent upon the particular frame of reference, and the usual physical
> forces must be supplemented by what are called fictitious forces. All
> non-inertial frames are accelerating with respect to all inertial frames"..
>
> Do read the reference, Ken.

From: Sam Wormley on
On 4/14/10 9:01 AM, kenseto wrote:
> On Apr 13, 3:04 pm, Sam Wormley<sworml...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 4/13/10 8:17 AM, kenseto wrote:
>>
>>> So wormy what is an absolute frame in physics? What are the
>>> differences between an absolute frame and an inertial frame?
>>
>>> Ken Seto
>>
>> Hi Ken--There are no absolute frames in physics.
>
> Assetion is not a valid arguement.

I agree Seto. You assert all the time and I wish, instead that
you would cite empirical data to support arguments.


SR and LET uses the absolute frame

There you go again--asserting an absolute reference frame.
Nobody doing physics has a need for an sbsolute reference frame.


> to derive its math.
>
> Ken Seto
>
>>
>> Inertial frame of reference
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inertial_frame_of_reference
>>
>> "In physics, an inertial frame of reference (also inertial reference
>> frame or inertial frame ) is a frame of reference which describes time
>> homogeneously and space homogeneously, isotropically, and in a time
>> independent manner. This allows motion and interactions to be described
>> without the presence of fictitious forces. Special relativity states
>> that there are actually infinitely many such frames, and the physical
>> laws takes the same form as they do in any other inertial frame of the
>> same handedness. In flat spacetimes, all inertial frames are in a state
>> of constant, uniform motion with respect to one another".
>>
>> "By contrast, in non-inertial reference frames, the laws of physics are
>> dependent upon the particular frame of reference, and the usual physical
>> forces must be supplemented by what are called fictitious forces. All
>> non-inertial frames are accelerating with respect to all inertial frames".
>>
>> Do read the reference, Ken.
>

From: kenseto on
On Apr 14, 12:08 pm, Sam Wormley <sworml...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4/14/10 9:01 AM, kenseto wrote:
>
> > On Apr 13, 3:04 pm, Sam Wormley<sworml...(a)gmail.com>  wrote:
> >> On 4/13/10 8:17 AM, kenseto wrote:
>
> >>> So wormy what is an absolute frame in physics? What are the
> >>> differences between an absolute frame and an inertial frame?
>
> >>> Ken Seto
>
> >>     Hi Ken--There are no absolute frames in physics.
>
> > Assetion is not a valid arguement.
>
> I agree Seto. You assert all the time and I wish, instead that
> you would cite empirical data to support arguments.
>
> SR and LET uses the absolute frame
>
> There you go again--asserting an absolute reference frame.
> Nobody doing physics has a need for an sbsolute reference frame.

LET uses the absolute frame to do physics. SR also uses the absolute
frame. That's why SR and LET have identical math.

Ken Seto
>
>
>
> > to derive its math.
>
> > Ken Seto
>
> >>     Inertial frame of reference
> >>      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inertial_frame_of_reference
>
> >> "In physics, an inertial frame of reference (also inertial reference
> >> frame or inertial frame ) is a frame of reference which describes time
> >> homogeneously and space homogeneously, isotropically, and in a time
> >> independent manner. This allows motion and interactions to be described
> >> without the presence of fictitious forces. Special relativity states
> >> that there are actually infinitely many such frames, and the physical
> >> laws takes the same form as they do in any other inertial frame of the
> >> same handedness. In flat spacetimes, all inertial frames are in a state
> >> of constant, uniform motion with respect to one another".
>
> >> "By contrast, in non-inertial reference frames, the laws of physics are
> >> dependent upon the particular frame of reference, and the usual physical
> >> forces must be supplemented by what are called fictitious forces. All
> >> non-inertial frames are accelerating with respect to all inertial frames".
>
> >> Do read the reference, Ken.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

From: Michael Moroney on
kenseto <kenseto(a)erinet.com> writes:

>On Apr 13, 2:52 pm, moro...(a)world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney)
>wrote:
>> kenseto <kens...(a)erinet.com> writes:
>> >What are the differences between an absolute frame and an inertial
>> >frame???? Why is an absolute frame special?
>>
>> As I stated, the difference is that inertial frames exist and absolute
>> frames don't. Absolute frames are "special" in the fact that they
>> don't exist.

>ROTFLOL....you can't have something that doesn't exist as special. It
>appears that you can't define the differences between an inertial
>frame and an absolute frame....so you now say that the absolute frame
>is special becaus eit doesn't exit.

The absolute rest frame, or preferred frame, is _defined_ as a reference
frame where the laws of physics are different from those in other frames.
It's "special" because it has its own special laws of physics.
Since SR states that all inertial reference frames have the same laws of
physics, a special frame where the laws of physics are different cannot
exist (or is non-inertial). That's why I stated an absolute frame cannot
exist.



>> >I talk about the exclusive properties of an absolute frame and every
>> >SR observer adopt these properties so that means that every SR
>> >observer assumes himself to be in a state of absolute rest.
>>
>> Which contradicts special relativity.

>No it doesn't contradict SR. The PoR of SR allows every observer to
>use any frame to do physics.

Any inertial frame, yes. But the ability to use any frame is because the
laws of physics are the same in every inertial frame. This rules out any
absolute frame where the laws of physics are different from other frames,
if such a frame could exist.

>> From Wikipedia:
>>
>> "Einstein's solution was to discard the notion of an aether and an
>> absolute state of rest. Special relativity is formulated so as to not
>> assume that any particular frame of reference is special; rather, in
>> relativity, any reference frame moving with uniform motion will observe
>> the same laws of physics."

>Right...thye PoR allows that every inertial observer assumes the same
>laws of physics as the preferred frame.

No! The preferred frame is another name for the absolute frame, a frame
where the laws of physics are special. Therefore, that frame cannot be
used, if it existed, which it doesn't.


>> Repeat: "Any reference frame moving with uniform motion will observe
>> the same laws of physics." You're wrong.

>Right that's because every inertial observer assumes that he is in a
>preferred frame.

Wrong. Every inertial observer _cannot_ assumes that he is in a preferred
frame, because that breaks the postulate that every inertial frame has
the same laws of physics.

And yet again, you are using your very own definitions, which contradict
how physics uses the terms. It's like if you were arguing that stop
signs and the "stop" traffic signal are green because you decided to call
the color of ripe tomatoes "green".

Make up your own term for a type of frame, and define what that term means.
Don't use the term "absolute frame", because that term has already been
used for something else. Sorry.
From: kenseto on
On Apr 14, 3:47 pm, moro...(a)world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney)
wrote:
> kenseto <kens...(a)erinet.com> writes:
> >On Apr 13, 2:52 pm, moro...(a)world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney)
> >wrote:
> >> kenseto <kens...(a)erinet.com> writes:
> >> >What are the differences between an absolute frame and an inertial
> >> >frame???? Why is an absolute frame special?
>
> >> As I stated, the difference is that inertial frames exist and absolute
> >> frames don't.  Absolute frames are "special" in the fact that they
> >> don't exist.
> >ROTFLOL....you can't have something that doesn't exist as special. It
> >appears that you can't define the differences between an inertial
> >frame and an absolute frame....so you now say that the absolute frame
> >is special becaus eit doesn't exit.
>
> The absolute rest frame, or preferred frame, is _defined_ as a reference
> frame where the laws of physics are different from those in other frames.
> It's "special" because it has its own special laws of physics.

So why can't you describe the differences in the laws of physics
between an inertial frame and an absolute frame?

> Since SR states that all inertial reference frames have the same laws of
> physics, a special frame where the laws of physics are different cannot
> exist (or is non-inertial).  That's why I stated an absolute frame cannot
> exist.

But every inertial observer adopted the laws of physics of the
absolute frame and yet you turn around and claim that the absolute
frame doesn't exist. It's like you claim your mother is not your
mother.

>
> >> >I talk about the exclusive properties of an absolute frame and every
> >> >SR observer adopt these properties so that means that every SR
> >> >observer assumes himself to be in a state of absolute rest.
>
> >> Which contradicts special relativity.
> >No it doesn't contradict SR. The PoR of SR allows every observer to
> >use any frame to do physics.
>
> Any inertial frame, yes.  But the ability to use any frame is because the
> laws of physics are the same in every inertial frame.  This rules out any
> absolute frame where the laws of physics are different from other frames,
> if such a frame could exist.

All you do is making assertions. Every inertial frame adopt the laws
of physics of the absolute frame and that's why the laws of physics
are the same in every inertial frame.

>
> >> From Wikipedia:
>
> >> "Einstein's solution was to discard the notion of an aether and an
> >> absolute state of rest. Special relativity is formulated so as to not
> >> assume that any particular frame of reference is special; rather, in
> >> relativity, any reference frame moving with uniform motion will observe
> >> the same laws of physics."
> >Right...thye PoR allows that every inertial observer assumes the same
> >laws of physics as the preferred frame.
>
> No! The preferred frame is another name for the absolute frame, a frame
> where the laws of physics are special.  Therefore, that frame cannot be
> used, if it existed, which it doesn't.
>
> >> Repeat: "Any reference frame moving with uniform motion will observe
> >> the same laws of physics."  You're wrong.
> >Right that's because every inertial observer assumes that he is in a
> >preferred frame.
>
> Wrong.  Every inertial observer _cannot_ assumes that he is in a preferred
> frame, because that breaks the postulate that every inertial frame has
> the same laws of physics.

Every inertial observer adopted the laws of physics of the absolute
frame and that's why every inertial frame has the same laws of
physics.

Ken Seto

>
> And yet again, you are using your very own definitions, which contradict
> how physics uses the terms.  It's like if you were arguing that stop
> signs and the "stop" traffic signal are green because you decided to call
> the color of ripe tomatoes "green".
>
> Make up your own term for a type of frame, and define what that term means.
> Don't use the term "absolute frame", because that term has already been
> used for something else.  Sorry.