LiGHT velocity c is NOW a MATHEMATiCAL constant ..just as is, pi.!!
LiGHT velocity c is NOW a, transcendental, MATHEMATiCAL constant.!!
LiGHT velocity v VARiEs, inversely, WiTH the PATH particle COUNT.!!
$ brian a m stuckless

Sue... wrote: Paul B. Andersen wrote: Sue... wrote:
Paul B. Andersen wrote: Henri Wilson wrote:
Q) If a light beam is directed towards two differently moving
observers, why should they both register the same value for 'c',
via Maxwell's constants, when the beam is obviously closing on
them at different speeds?

But that is a different question.

I have no idea of WHY nature works as it does.
But experimental evidence show that all observers do indeed
register the same value for the speed of light c, in accordance
with the prediction of SR.

LiGHT velocity c is NOW a MATHEMATiCAL constant ..just as is, pi.!!
LiGHT velocity c is NOW a, transcendental, MATHEMATiCAL constant.!!
LiGHT velocity v VARiEs, inversely, WiTH the PATH particle COUNT.!!

No...
Near-field observers do *not* always ?register? a constant
c. That is why Feynman-Wheeler could could calculate
a time reversed photon, accelerators tear leptons apart
and Jackson sought to clarify the issue in:
http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0204034

Which he did by stating:
" .. the electric and magnetic fields are always
the same and display the experimentally verified
properties of causality and propagation at the speed of light."

Good... So by *register* you tho't we would imply:
properties of causality and propagation at the speed of light
in accordance with the mechanism:
http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Images/alphaeq.gif

The Niger letter might have been a better choice of *words*.

I'll see if I can brush up on the physical details of
*registration* in case anyone ever asks.


Thanks for the confirmation of my words.
You bet!

register

In a computer, a register is one of a small set
of data holding places that are part of a computer
processor. A register may hold a computer instruction,
a storage address, or any kind of data (such as a
bit sequence or individual characters). Some
instructions specify registers as part of the instruction.
For example, an instruction may specify that the
contents of two defined registers be added together
and then placed in a specified register. A register
must be large enough to hold an instruction - for
example, in a 32-bit instruction computer, a
register must be 32 bits in length. In some computer
designs, there are smaller registers - for example,
half-registers - for shorter instructions. Depending
on the processor design and language rules, registers
may be numbered or have arbitrary names.
http://whatis.techtarget.com/definit...212882,00.html

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Sue... Paul
SR's FLAW in a NUTSHELL. Thank you.

brian a m stuckless wrote:
LiGHT velocity c is NOW a MATHEMATiCAL constant ..just as is, pi.!!
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Sue...