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Old January 6th 20, 12:00 AM posted to sci.astro
Pentcho Valev
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Default Impending Paradigm Shift in Physics

Premise: (frequency) = (speed of light)/(wavelength)

Two valid conditionals:

(A) If the speed of light is constant (as per Einstein), then any frequency shift entails (is caused by) a wavelength shift.

(B) If the wavelength is constant (for a given emitter), then any frequency shift entails (is caused by) a speed-of-light shift.

The consequent in (A) is obviously nonsense. In the case of a moving observer (receiver), the frequency shifts but the distances between light pulses remain constant:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bg7O4rtlwEE

"By observing the two indicator lights, you can see for yourself that, once more, there is a blue-shift - the pulse frequency measured at the receiver is somewhat higher than the frequency with which the pulses are sent out. This time, the distances between subsequent pulses are not affected, but still there is a frequency shift." https://www.einstein-online.info/en/spotlight/doppler/

In the next version of fundamental physics the original malignancy, Einstein's 1905 nonsensical axiom

"The speed of light is constant"

will be replaced with the (correct) antecedent in (B):

"For a given emitter, the wavelength of light is constant".

I have developed the idea in a series of tweets he https://twitter.com/pentcho_valev

Pentcho Valev