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Visual resolution of the twin paradox in special relativity
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\documentclass[crop=true, border=10pt]{standalone} | |
\usepackage{amsmath} | |
\usepackage{xcolor} | |
\usepackage{tikz} | |
\usetikzlibrary{arrows.meta} | |
\usetikzlibrary{decorations.markings} | |
\usepackage{tikz-3dplot} | |
\usepackage{pgfplots} | |
\usepackage{colortbl} | |
% A few colors | |
%-------------------------------------------------------------- | |
\definecolor{plum}{rgb}{0.36078, 0.20784, 0.4} | |
\definecolor{chameleon}{rgb}{0.30588, 0.60392, 0.023529} | |
\definecolor{cornflower}{rgb}{0.12549, 0.29020, 0.52941} | |
\definecolor{scarlet}{rgb}{0.8, 0, 0} | |
\definecolor{brick}{rgb}{0.64314, 0, 0} | |
\definecolor{sunrise}{rgb}{0.80784, 0.36078, 0} | |
\definecolor{lightblue}{rgb}{0.15,0.35,0.75} | |
\begin{document} | |
\pagestyle{empty} | |
\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=1,domain=0:6] | |
\tikzstyle{axisarrow} = [-{Latex[inset=0pt,length=7pt]}] | |
% Draw the grid. | |
\draw [cornflower!30,step=0.2,thin] (-1,-1) grid (7,21); | |
\draw [cornflower!60,step=1.0,thin] (-1,-1) grid (7,21); | |
% Clip all lines that would fall outside the grid | |
\clip(-1,-1) rectangle (7,21); | |
% Draw Axes | |
\draw[thick,axisarrow] (0,-1) -- (0,21); | |
\node[inner sep=0pt] at (0.5,20.7) {$t (s)$}; | |
\draw[thick,axisarrow] (-1,0) -- (7,0); | |
\node[inner sep=0pt] at (6.5,-0.4) {$x (\ell s)$}; | |
\draw[scarlet,thick,axisarrow] (0,0) -- (3*10/5,10); | |
\draw[scarlet,thick] plot (\x,5*\x/3); | |
\draw[scarlet,thick,axisarrow] (6,10) -- (0,20); | |
\draw[scarlet,thick] plot (\x,-5*\x/3+20); | |
\begin{scope} | |
\clip (0,0) -- (6,10) -- (0,20) -- (0,0); | |
\foreach \t in {0,1,2,...,20} | |
{ | |
\draw[chameleon] (0,1*\t) -- (7,7 + \t); | |
} | |
\end{scope} | |
\foreach \t in {0,1,...,20} | |
{ | |
\node at (0,1*\t) [circle,draw=sunrise!70,fill=sunrise!20,inner sep=2pt] {}; | |
} | |
\end{tikzpicture} | |
\hskip1em | |
\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=1,domain=0:6] | |
\tikzstyle{axisarrow} = [-{Latex[inset=0pt,length=7pt]}] | |
% Draw the grid. | |
\draw [cornflower!30,step=0.2,thin] (-1,-1) grid (7,21); | |
\draw [cornflower!60,step=1.0,thin] (-1,-1) grid (7,21); | |
% Clip all lines that would fall outside the grid | |
\clip(-1,-1) rectangle (7,21); | |
% Draw Axes | |
\draw[thick,axisarrow] (0,-1) -- (0,21); | |
\node[inner sep=0pt] at (0.5,20.7) {$t (s)$}; | |
\draw[thick,axisarrow] (-1,0) -- (7,0); | |
\node[inner sep=0pt] at (6.5,-0.4) {$x (\ell s)$}; | |
\draw[scarlet,thick,axisarrow] (0,0) -- (3*10/5,10); | |
\draw[scarlet,thick] plot (\x,5*\x/3); | |
\draw[scarlet,thick,axisarrow] (6,10) -- (0,20); | |
\draw[scarlet,thick] plot (\x,-5*\x/3+20); | |
\begin{scope} | |
\clip (0,0) -- (6,10) -- (0,20) -- (0,0); | |
\end{scope} | |
\foreach \tp in {0,1,2,...,8} | |
{ | |
\draw[chameleon] (0.75*\tp,1.25*\tp) -- (0,2*\tp); | |
} | |
\foreach \tp in {0,1,2,...,8} | |
{ | |
\draw[chameleon] (6-0.75*\tp,10+1.25*\tp) -- (0,16+0.5*\tp); | |
} | |
\foreach \tp in {0,1,...,8} | |
{ | |
\node at (0.75*\tp,1.25*\tp) [circle,draw=cornflower!70,fill=cornflower!20,inner sep=2pt] {}; | |
} | |
\foreach \tp in {0,1,...,8} | |
{ | |
\node at (6-0.75*\tp,10+1.25*\tp) [circle,draw=cornflower!70,fill=cornflower!20,inner sep=2pt] {}; | |
} | |
\end{tikzpicture} | |
\hskip1em | |
\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=1,domain=0:6] | |
\tikzstyle{axisarrow} = [-{Latex[inset=0pt,length=7pt]}] | |
% Draw the grid. | |
\draw [cornflower!30,step=0.2,thin] (-1,-1) grid (7,21); | |
\draw [cornflower!60,step=1.0,thin] (-1,-1) grid (7,21); | |
% Clip all lines that would fall outside the grid | |
\clip(-1,-1) rectangle (7,21); | |
% Draw Axes | |
\draw[thick,axisarrow] (0,-1) -- (0,21); | |
\node[inner sep=0pt] at (0.5,20.7) {$t (s)$}; | |
\draw[thick,axisarrow] (-1,0) -- (7,0); | |
\node[inner sep=0pt] at (6.5,-0.4) {$x (\ell s)$}; | |
\draw[scarlet,thick,axisarrow] (0,0) -- (3*10/5,10); | |
\draw[scarlet,thick] plot (\x,5*\x/3); | |
\draw[scarlet,thick,axisarrow] (6,10) -- (0,20); | |
\draw[scarlet,thick] plot (\x,-5*\x/3+20); | |
\begin{scope} | |
\clip (0,0) -- (6,10) -- (0,20) -- (0,0); | |
\foreach \tp in {0,1,2,...,8} | |
{ | |
\draw[dashed, sunrise] plot (\x,0.6*\x + 0.8*\tp); | |
} | |
\foreach \tp in {0,1,2,...,8} | |
{ | |
\draw[dashed, sunrise] plot (\x,-0.6*\x + 0.8*\tp+ 13.6); | |
} | |
\end{scope} | |
\foreach \tp in {0,1,...,8} | |
{ | |
\node at (0.75*\tp,1.25*\tp) [circle,draw=cornflower!70,fill=cornflower!20,inner sep=2pt] {}; | |
} | |
\foreach \tp in {0,1,...,8} | |
{ | |
\node at (6-0.75*\tp,10+1.25*\tp) [circle,draw=cornflower!70,fill=cornflower!20,inner sep=2pt] {}; | |
} | |
\end{tikzpicture} | |
\end{document} |
Author
mcnees
commented
Nov 26, 2017
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