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senderista • today at 4:57 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

How are general-relativistic effects relevant for the outcome of the Michelson-Morley experiment?


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aleph_minus_one • today at 6:49 PM

> How are general-relativistic effects relevant for the outcome of the Michelson-Morley experiment?

General-relativistic effects are relevant for the outcome of the Michelson-Morley experiment in the sense that the general theory of relativity is a generalization of the special theory of relativity. :-)

Otherwise: the additional predictions that the general theory of relativity makes about gravity, curvature of space etc. are not relevant for the outcome of the Michelson-Morley experiment.

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