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As I understand it from what I have read the gravitational time dilation concept was arrived at through the equivalence principle. That the differential dilation at different locations in an accelerating system were derived from SR and included in GR by EP.
But I have never encountered the basis in SR principles that produced that calculation of differential.
The only thing I can see would be relative velocity between front and back due to contraction but that does not seem to track because the proper differential is constant while contraction is not.
SO does anyone either know or have a link to a description of the process that Einstein employed?
Thanks
But I have never encountered the basis in SR principles that produced that calculation of differential.
The only thing I can see would be relative velocity between front and back due to contraction but that does not seem to track because the proper differential is constant while contraction is not.
SO does anyone either know or have a link to a description of the process that Einstein employed?
Thanks