History and Philosophy of Physics

    

Equally Aged Twins Under Different Accelerations

Authors: M. Gatta, P. Fragata

In a very recent book on the philosophy of space and time, Maudlin discusses Langevin's famous twin paradox, emphasizing the incorrectness of attributing the different agings of the two twins to the different accelerations they suffered. Here we extend the argument a little by considering to and fro rectilinear motions under finite accelerations (and continuous velocities).

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