Re: REASONS RELATIVISTS GIVE FOR DOUBLED DEFLECTION OF NEWTON'S:

Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> wrote:

On 2024-06-29 13:43:05 +0000, LaurenceClarkCrossen said:
 

REASONS RELATIVISTS GIVE FOR DOUBLED DEFLECTION OF NEWTON'S:

Don't reason, solve the equations.

1. Newton's plus curved space.
2. Gravity plus gravitational potential.
3. 2 spin photons.
4.

 
 
4. Newton's prediction is half of the correct value.

And it was a completely ad-hoc 'prediction' to begin with.
(and Newton never even thought of it)

Using Huygens instead, one would have predicted a zero deflection.
There just wasn't any meaningful connection between light and gravity
until Einstein formulated the equivalence principle,

Jan