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The Paradox of the Quintuplets: Why the Twin Paradox of Special Relativity Cannot be Resolved

Authors: David M. Bower

By introducing three reference frames in addition to the the two reference frames typically used todiscuss Einstein’s special relativity (i.e., a "laboratory" frame and a boosted frame), we can show the utter futility of trying to explain (or to resolve) the absurdities of the twin paradox.

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