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It is said that a constantly accelerating frame of reference is indistinguishable from one that is supported against gravity and that a free falling frame is indistinguishable from an inertial frame with constant velocity. However, an accelerating frame will experience an increasing time dilation whereas one supported against gravity will have a constant value of time dilation. A freely falling frame will have an increasing time dilation whereas an inertial frame will have a constant time dilation. Therefore a freely falling frame has more in common with an accelerated frame than first thought. The same for an inertial frame and one supported by gravity. There is a crossover that may explain the equivalence of gravitational and inertial mass.
…However, an accelerating frame will experience an increasing time dilation whereas one supported against gravity will have a constant value of time dilation. A freely falling frame will have an increasing time dilation whereas an inertial frame will have a constant time dilation. Therefore a freely falling frame has more in common with an accelerated frame than first thought. The same for an inertial frame and one supported by gravity. There is a crossover that may explain the equivalence of gravitational and inertial mass.
Quote from: Bored chemist on 22/10/2017 09:59:30They have the same ratio of gravitational mass to inertial mass.(as far as we know, everything has- but there's no obvious reason why)In English?
They have the same ratio of gravitational mass to inertial mass.(as far as we know, everything has- but there's no obvious reason why)
Quote from: Thebox on 26/10/2017 20:09:36Quote from: Bored chemist on 22/10/2017 09:59:30They have the same ratio of gravitational mass to inertial mass.(as far as we know, everything has- but there's no obvious reason why)In English? Yes it is.And, not only that, but it's all made up of words and phrases that you can google if you don't know what they mean.I'm not, for example, trying to redefine words to mean something else.It's less confusing this way.Perhaps you should try it.http://www.dictionary.com/browse/inertial-masshttp://www.dictionary.com/browse/gravitational-mass?s=t
You have not defined what mass is, you are saying something is equal which is the question I asked originally, that something which is polarity explains gravity. They have the same ratio of gravitational polarity to inertial polarity.