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Speed of Light observed from different inertial frames

bloodhound
in Relativity

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what makes the speed of light equal in all the inertial frames? Is it assumed to be true, like an axiom of mathematics

yes, but it´s also what all measurements say (the michelson-interferometer was the 1st experimental setup that led to this assumption, in case you want to look it up).

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