dTau is no clock rate.
>> \tau is the time shown by the moving clock (or twin's clock)
>> and the coordinates of the frame of reference is (t,x,y,z).
>
> No, no. Tau becomes what the clock would read at the eventbeing
> observed by this observers using the coordinate system of (t, x, y, z).
Yes, yes, \tau IS the time shown by the moving clock at the event
observed by the observer to have the coordinates (t, x, y, z)
in the inertial frame of reference.
> It is INDEPENDENT OF WHOEVER IS MOVING AND WHOVER IS OBSERVING THIS CLOCK.
> IT IS INTRINSIC. IT IS INVARIANT. IT IS WHAT IT IS. <shrug>
Of course the proper time \tau shown by the moving clock
at a specific event is INDEPENDENT OF WHOEVER IS MOVING
AND WHOEVER IS OBSERVING THIS CLOCK. IT IS INTRINSIC.
IT IS INVARIANT. IT IS WHAT IT IS.
>
>> Right above you wrote that the following was correct:
>>
>> \tau = \int_{t_0}^{t_1} sqrt(1 - v(t)^2/c^2) dt
>>
>> So when the local clock move with the speed v(t) from
>> time (t = t_0) to (t = t_1) the clock showing "local time"
>> will advance by \tau calculated above.
>
> Yes.
So you agree that this \tau is the proper time measured by
the moving clock between the events with the temporal coordinates
t_0 and t_1 in the inertial frame with coordinates (t, x, y, z).
> dTau is
no clock rate.
But
> the local clock tick rate that is totally independent of any influence.
Of course it is.
The rate of any proper clock is independent of anything.
> Any observation on this dTau thing will reflect a projection of this observation.
> It is the observation that is subject to distortion but never dTau. <shrug>
You cannot observe dTau.
>> Is the time \tau the proper time of the moving clock, or is it
>> something else?
>
> Again, Koobee Wublee has explained many times over that Tau is what
> the watch/calendar shows at where the remote event being observed is,
> and again, Tau is mapped/projected by any observer's observation on this event. <shrug>
Was this bablygook a yes or no to the question:
"Is the time \tau the proper time of the moving clock?" ?
>>
>>> ** dTau = dt sqrt(1 - v(t)^2 / c^2)
>>
>> Since this equation comes from the metric in flat spacetime:
>> c^2 d\tau^2 = c^2 dt^2 - (dx^2 + dy^2 + dz^2)
>> it is pretty obvious that the frame of reference with coordinates
>> (t, x, y, z) must be an _inertial_ frame of reference.
>
> No, Paul is the one who has correctly suggested v(t) can be variable.
Why "No"?
The speed of the moving clock v(t) in the inertial frame
can be variable, dv/dt may be different from zero.
> The above question satisfies all frames of references including non-inertial ones.
Does that mean that Koobee Wublee doesn't understand
that the frame of reference with coordinates (t,x,y,z)
in the metric:
c^2 d\tau^2 = c^2 dt^2 - (dx^2 + dy^2 + dz^2)
is an inertial frame of reference?
Does Koobe Wublee fail to understand that the metric
of an accelerated frame is different?
>>> In the case of the twins A and B, when A is observing B, we have:
>>
>>> ** dt_BB = dt_AB sqrt(1 - v(t_AB)^2 / c^2)
>>
>> This can only mean that twin A is stationary in the _inertial_
>> frame frame of reference (t_AB, x_AB, y_AB, z_AB) in which twin B
>> is moving at the speed v(t_AB), and twin B's clock is showing t_BB.
>
> No, A does not have to be stationary relative to whoever. A is the observer.
> A is observing B's clock. A is comparing its own clock with what A has observed on B's clock. <shrug>
Why "No"?
If t_AB is the time on A's clock when the speed of B relative A
is v(t_AB), so must A be stationary in the inertial frame of
reference with the temporal coordinate t_AB.
>> So this is the same as the equation above, but you have renamed
>> \tau = t_BB and t = t_AB.
>
> No, the equation (dTau = dt sqrt(1 - v(t)^2 / c^2)) is generic.
> It describes how the clock tick rate is observed to be slowed by
> an observer noting the speed of the observed to be v(t).
Indeed.
And
dt_BB = dt_AB sqrt(1 - v(t_AB)^2 / c^2)
describes how the clock tick rate of B's clock
is observed to be slowed by observer A, noting
the speed of the observed B to be v(t_AB).
So it is the same equation with renamed coordinates.
Note that this equation is valid only if A is stationary
in an inertial frame.
>>> On the other hand, when B is observing A (B is now the observer),
>>> we have:
>>
>>> ** dt_AA = dt_BA sqrt(1 - v(t_BA)^2 / c^2)
>>
>> This can only mean that twin B is stationary in the _inertial_
>> frame frame of reference (t_BA, x_BA, y_BA, z_BA) in which twin A
>> is moving at the speed v(t_BA), and twin A's clock is showing t_AA.
>
> No for the same reason as Koobee Wublee has mentioned above. <shrug>
The equation:
dt_AA = dt_BA sqrt(1 - v(t_BA)^2 / c^2)
is valid only if B is stationary in an inertial frame.
>>> We end up with the following 2 equations. <shrgu>
>>
>>> ** dt_BB = dt_AB sqrt(1 - v(t_AB)^2 / c^2)
>>
>>> And
>>
>>> ** dt_AA = dt_BA sqrt(1 - v(t_BA)^2 / c^2)
>>
>> Nothing wrong with this so far.
>
> Good! <shrug>
>
>> So we have:
>> Twin A is moving with constant speed v_BA in
>> twin B's inertial rest frame,
>
> No, v_BA = v(t_BA) does not have to be constant. <shrug>
Yes.
The equations above are valid only if both A and B
are stationary in inertial frames, that is none of them
are accelerating. That means that the relative speed
between A and B is constant.
A and B can not meet more than once, and the rest is nonsense.