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Relativistic rapidity as change in musical pitch

Alma Teao Wilson
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Relativistic rapidity is usually presented as a computational device. As Levy-Leblond has shown, it is also the velocity that would be imputed by an ideal Newtonian inertial guidance system, taking c=1*neper=1. Here, we show that it can also be interpreted as the change in musical pitch of radiation fore and aft along the direction of motion.

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Alma Teao Wilson. 2007-06-22. Relativistic rapidity as change in musical pitch. https://arxiv.org/abs/0706.3247

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