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Originally Posted by wisp
1. Why complicate a simple case with maths. Two almost identically moving observers (inertial and sagnac) travelling between two points A and B measure the speed of light as being different. Why?
I doubt either observer will know which is inertial and which is sagnac. But if they carry out a test to measure the speed of light, they will only get one answer, c+v or c-v.
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The speed of light
isn't a measurable quantity within an inertial reference system, it is
defined as a constant
c.