Program 13: Twin Paradox with TV monitoring

The purpose of this program is to simulate what each of the two twins A and B sees on their Television.

This program is base around the question: Twin Paradox

Operation No specific operation is required.

The display shows:

  1. On the left part of the screen the three clocks of A: A, B' and A".
  2. On the right part of the screen the three clocks of B: B, A' and B"
  3. At the bottom: The view from A's perspective i.e. B moves (initial) towards X.
  4. At the bottom: The view from B's perspective i.e. A moves (initial) away and X aproaches.
The clocks are shown in four frames. The duration is also shown.

Program: TWIN.BAS source

In order to download the source select:TWIN.BAS
To see the program listing select:TWIN.HTM

Technical Data

In order to calculate B's time the correction factor is used: SQR(1-Vē/Cē)

Last modified: 17 March 1998

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