Illustration Length Contraction from the Point of View of an Observer at Rest in the Minkowski Diagram

Length Contraction from the Point of View of an Observer at Rest in the Minkowski Diagram
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A unit hyperbola was used to determine the scaling of the spatial axes for system A and B. A rod in system A has the length 1 meter. The event E marks the end of the rod. The event E', which happens at the same place as E' from the point of view of A, marks a shorter length than 1 in the system B. Thus, from the point of view of A, the rod is contracted in the moving system B.
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