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| Scientific Paper | |
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| Title | A Seductive Fallacy |
| Author(s) | Petr Beckmann |
| Keywords | Lorentz Transformation, Einsteins Theory of Relativity, velocity of light, experiment |
| Published | 1991 |
| Journal | Galilean Electrodynamics |
| Volume | 2 |
| Number | 2 |
| Pages | 36-42 |
Abstract
It has been claimed since at least 1910 that the Lorentz Transformation and Einstein's Theory of Relativity are derivable without using the constancy of the velocity of light as a postulate. The proof makes three (in some versions, more) very basic and natural assumptions, and derives the Lorentz transformation with a constant velocity of light as the only possible transformation between moving inertial frames that satisfies experimental observations. It is shown that the proof is flawed by illegitimately interpreting a constant that has the dimensions of a velocity as the velocity of light, and by claiming that this is the only choice confirmed by experiment.