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Imagine that space
(not spacetime) is actually a finite box, or in more sophisticated terms, a
three-torus, of size L. By this we mean that there is a coordinate system xμ
= (t,x,y,z) such that every point with coordinates (t,x,y,z) is identified with
every point with coordinates (t,x+L,y,z), (t,x,y+L,z), and (t,x,y,z+L). Note
that the time coordinate is the same. Now consider two observers; observer A is
at rest in this coordinate system (constant spatial coordinates), while
observer B moves in the x-direction with constant velocity v. A and B begin at
the same event, and while A remains still, B moves once around the universe and
comes back to intersect the world line of A without having to accelerate (since
the universe is periodic). What are the relative proper times experienced in
this interval by A and B? Is this consistent with your understanding of Lorentz
invariance?
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