Help with Galilean transforms?

mardi 1 avril 2014

I am a little confused about the Galilean transforms.



If I have t'=[itex]\gamma[/itex]t



Is t ALWAYS the frame of reference that we are in?

i.e. If a spacecraft is moving away from Earth, and I wanted to measure the time taken on the spacecraft to reach some distance, would t be the variable I should look for?



If yes, does the length contraction formula (l'=[itex]\gamma[/itex]l) work the same way?

i.e. If I had two men at rest, a distance d from each other, and a spacecraft flies past and I want to measure the distance someone on the spacecraft travels - would l be the variable I wanted to find?





Help would be greatly appreciated!





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