Volume 19: Pages 6-18, 2006

Time and Time Image: Twin Paradox Illusion

L. Hong

45 Weijiu Road, Jinan 250021 Shandong, People's Republic of China

The paper concludes that the net proper time difference between two observers in relative motion does not exist. The twin paradox is only an illusion due to misunderstandings.

Keywords: proper and nonproper measurements, Lorentz transformation, length contraction, time dilation, net proper time difference, twin paradox, alleged inconsistency of special relativity

Received: July 23, 2004; Published online: December 15, 2008