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Elementary methods of synchronization on rotating systems are discussed. It is argued that the continuous time synchronization preferred by Klauber and others is not the time synchronization for making distance measurements but rather leads to a velocity of light which depends on direction. A paradox discovered by Selleri will also be discussed. This paradox involves a limiting case of the rotating disk in which the edge of the disk approximates an inertial frame where the velocity of light depends on direction. In addition, a paradox on the conservation of charge will be resolved by referring to the geometry of the rotating disk. Finally, the isotropy of the velocity of light on rotating frames is discussed along with the experimental evidence of Brillet and Hall.
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Weber, T.A. (2004). Elementary Considerations of the Time and Geometry of Rotating Reference Frames. In: Rizzi, G., Ruggiero, M.L. (eds) Relativity in Rotating Frames. Fundamental Theories of Physics, vol 135. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0528-8_9
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