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Old 14-04-2010, 08:47 AM
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Originally Posted by circumpolar View Post
Another way to think about it is that one clock must be under an acceleration (either + or -). This breakes the symmetry.
If both clocks experience the same accelerations then the symmetry between them remains.
Correct. Einstein also argued that the moving clock when under acceleration would undergoe gravitational time dilation via the equivalence principle.

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