From: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!faustus Newsgroups: net.misc Title: Clock Problem Article-I.D.: ucbvax.628 Posted: Tue Jan 18 23:55:04 1983 Received: Fri Jan 21 03:57:27 1983 I think the problem with the clock problem is that you are assuming that the special theory of relativity will apply to a clock swinging in a circle. In fact, it won't: it only applies to INERTIAL reference frames, whereas the clock is in an ACCELERATED reference frame, or, continuously moving between reference frames. I have not worked out the details of how this affects the phenomenon of time dilation, but I am confident that it will show there is no time loss. This dis- tinction between inertial and accelerated reference frames is also the resolution to the famous twin paradox, by the way. -Wayne Christopher faustus@berkeley decvax!ucbvax!faustus