Figure 3. Lorentz contraction of the one-dimensional rod moving in four alternative directions, each time positioned diagonally to the respective direction of motion. Red and green colors mark the same rod – contracted and uncontracted, respectively. The result of Lorentz contraction does not depend on the direction in which the rod moves in the observer’s frame (isotropy). The rod changes its diagonal position due to the Lorentz contraction. Hence, in this case, the positional dependence gives a visible result

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Collapse of Special Relativity in the Two-dimensional Space

Maciej Rybicki

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