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Summary

Description
English: The metric-equation's single map-frame (top) can facilitate many useful quantitative insights before invoking the Lorentz-transform's pair of frames[1], each with their own yardsticks and synchronized-clocks (bottom). The time-dilation and length-contraction effects depicted for the green moving map-frame at bottom, which use simultaneity defined by the more colorful stationary map-frame, correspond to a proper-velocity dx/dτ of 1 [ly/ty], a Lorentz factor dt/dτ of Sqrt[2], or a coordinate-velocity dx/dt of 1/Sqrt[2] [ly/y].
Date
Source Own work
Author P. Fraundorf

Further discussion

This figure was inspired by a collection of such clock-lattice figures in the literature and on wikipedia.

Code

This is Mathematica code used to generate these figures.

The top half was generated by: 

chw = .1; cra = .2; rhw = .05; tangle = 
Pi/6; offset = {1.414, .5, .5}; metricmap = Graphics3D[
 {
  Arrowheads[Medium],
  Cylinder[{{0, -chw, 0}, {0, chw, 0}}, cra], 
  Cylinder[{{0, -chw, 0} + {0, 0, 1}, {0, chw, 0} + {0, 0, 1}}, cra],
  Cylinder[{{0, -chw, 0} + {0, 1, 0}, {0, chw, 0} + {0, 1, 0}}, cra],
  Cylinder[{{0, -chw, 0} + {1, 0, 0}, {0, chw, 0} + {1, 0, 0}}, cra],
  (* Cylinder[{{0,-chw,0}+{2,0,0},{0,chw,0}+{2,0,0}},cra], *)
  Tube[{{0, 0, 0}, {0, 0, 1}}, rhw],
  Tube[{{0, 0, 0}, {0, 1, 0}}, rhw],
  Tube[{{0, 0, 0}, {1, 0, 0}}, rhw],
  Arrow[{{0, -chw, 0}, {0, -chw, cra}}],
  Arrow[{{0, -chw, 0}, {cra Sin[tangle], -chw, cra Cos[tangle]}}],
  Arrow[{{0, -chw, 0} + {0, 0, 1}, {0, -chw, cra} + {0, 0, 1}}],
  Arrow[{{0, -chw, 0} + {0, 0, 1}, {cra Sin[tangle], -chw, 
      cra Cos[tangle]} + {0, 0, 1}}],
  Arrow[{{0, -chw, 0} + {0, 1, 0}, {0, -chw, cra} + {0, 1, 0}}],
  Arrow[{{0, -chw, 0} + {0, 1, 0}, {cra Sin[tangle], -chw, 
      cra Cos[tangle]} + {0, 1, 0}}],
  Arrow[{{0, -chw, 0} + {1, 0, 0}, {0, -chw, cra} + {1, 0, 0}}],
  Arrow[{{0, -chw, 0} + {1, 0, 0}, {cra Sin[tangle], -chw, 
      cra Cos[tangle]} + {1, 0, 0}}],
  Lighter[Green],
  Cylinder[{{0, -chw, 0} + offset, {0, chw, 0} + offset}, cra],
  Black,
  Arrow[{{0, -chw, 0} + offset, {0, -chw, cra} + offset}],
  Arrow[{{0, -chw, 0} + 
     offset, {cra Sin[tangle], -chw, cra Cos[tangle]} + offset}],
  Green,
  Arrowheads[Large],
  Arrow[Tube[{offset, offset + {1, 0, 0}}, .01]],
  Black,
  Text[Style[
    "(c\[Delta]\[Tau]\!\(\*SuperscriptBox[\()\), \
\(2\)]\)=(c\[Delta]t\!\(\*SuperscriptBox[\()\), \(2\)]\)-\[Delta]\!\(\
\*OverscriptBox[\(x\), \
\(\[RightVector]\)]\)\[CenterDot]\[Delta]\!\(\*OverscriptBox[\(x\), \
\(\[RightVector]\)]\)", FontSize -> 16], offset + {0, 0, .4}]
  }, Boxed -> False, (* PlotLabel->"Map Frame and Traveler Clock",*)
 BaseStyle -> {FontFamily -> "Courier", FontSize -> 12}, 
 ImageSize -> 512
 ]

The bottom half was generated by: 

chw = .1; cra = .2; rhw = .05; tangle = 
Pi/6; offset = {1.414, .5, .5}; mapframes = Graphics3D[
 {
  Arrowheads[Medium],
  Cylinder[{{0, -chw, 0}, {0, chw, 0}}, cra], 
  Cylinder[{{0, -chw, 0} + {0, 0, 1}, {0, chw, 0} + {0, 0, 1}}, cra],
  Cylinder[{{0, -chw, 0} + {0, 1, 0}, {0, chw, 0} + {0, 1, 0}}, cra],
  Cylinder[{{0, -chw, 0} + {1, 0, 0}, {0, chw, 0} + {1, 0, 0}}, cra],
  (* Cylinder[{{0,-chw,0}+{2,0,0},{0,chw,0}+{2,0,0}},cra], *)
  Tube[{{0, 0, 0}, {0, 0, 1}}, rhw],
  Tube[{{0, 0, 0}, {0, 1, 0}}, rhw],
  Tube[{{0, 0, 0}, {1, 0, 0}}, rhw],
  Arrow[{{0, -chw, 0}, {0, -chw, cra}}],
  Arrow[{{0, -chw, 0}, {cra Sin[tangle], -chw, cra Cos[tangle]}}],
  Arrow[{{0, -chw, 0} + {0, 0, 1}, {0, -chw, cra} + {0, 0, 1}}],
  Arrow[{{0, -chw, 0} + {0, 0, 1}, {cra Sin[tangle], -chw, 
      cra Cos[tangle]} + {0, 0, 1}}],
  Arrow[{{0, -chw, 0} + {0, 1, 0}, {0, -chw, cra} + {0, 1, 0}}],
  Arrow[{{0, -chw, 0} + {0, 1, 0}, {cra Sin[tangle], -chw, 
      cra Cos[tangle]} + {0, 1, 0}}],
  Arrow[{{0, -chw, 0} + {1, 0, 0}, {0, -chw, cra} + {1, 0, 0}}],
  Arrow[{{0, -chw, 0} + {1, 0, 0}, {cra Sin[tangle], -chw, 
      cra Cos[tangle]} + {1, 0, 0}}],
  Lighter[Green],
  Cylinder[{{0, -chw, 0} + offset, {0, chw, 0} + offset}, cra], 
  Cylinder[{{0, -chw, 0} + {0, 0, 1} + 
     offset, {0, chw, 0} + {0, 0, 1} + offset}, cra],
  Cylinder[{{0, -chw, 0} + {0, 1, 0} + 
     offset, {0, chw, 0} + {0, 1, 0} + offset}, cra],
  Cylinder[{{0, -chw, 0} + {1, 0, 0} + 
     offset, {0, chw, 0} + {1, 0, 0} + offset}, cra],
  Tube[{{0, 0, 0} + offset, {0, 0, 1} + offset}, rhw],
  Tube[{{0, 0, 0} + offset, {0, 1, 0} + offset}, rhw],
  Tube[{{0, 0, 0} + offset, {1, 0, 0} + offset}, rhw],
  Black,
  Arrow[{{0, -chw, 0} + offset, {0, -chw, cra} + offset}],
  Arrow[{{0, -chw, 0} + 
     offset, {cra Sin[tangle], -chw, cra Cos[tangle]} + offset}],
  Arrow[{{0, -chw, 0} + {0, 0, 1} + 
     offset, {0, -chw, cra} + {0, 0, 1} + offset}],
  Arrow[{{0, -chw, 0} + {0, 0, 1} + 
     offset, {cra Sin[tangle], -chw, cra Cos[tangle]} + {0, 0, 1} + 
     offset}],
  Arrow[{{0, -chw, 0} + {0, 1, 0} + 
     offset, {0, -chw, cra} + {0, 1, 0} + offset}],
  Arrow[{{0, -chw, 0} + {0, 1, 0} + 
     offset, {cra Sin[tangle], -chw, cra Cos[tangle]} + {0, 1, 0} + 
     offset}],
  Arrow[{{0, -chw, 0} + {1, 0, 0} + 
     offset, {0, -chw, cra} + {1, 0, 0} + offset}],
  Arrow[{{0, -chw, 0} + {1, 0, 0} + 
     offset, {cra Sin[tangle], -chw, cra Cos[tangle]} + {1, 0, 0} + 
     offset}],
  Green,
  Arrowheads[Large],
  Arrow[Tube[{{.5, .5, .5} + offset, {.5, .5, .5} + 
      offset + {1, 0, 0}}, .01]],
  Black,
  Text[Style[
    "(x',y',z',t')=(\[Gamma](x-vt),y,z,\[Gamma](t-\!\(\*FractionBox[\(\
vx\), SuperscriptBox[\(c\), \(2\)]]\)))", FontSize -> 16], 
   offset + {0, 0, 1.3}]
  }, Boxed -> False, (* PlotLabel->"Map Frame and Traveler Clock",*)
 BaseStyle -> {FontFamily -> "Courier", FontSize -> 12}, 
 ImageSize -> 512]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ P. Fraundorf (2011/2012) "Metric-first & entropy-first surprises", arXiv:1106.4698 [physics.gen-ph].

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