Analysis clarifies academic confusion about accelerated frames in special and general relativity.
Research published in The Physics Teacher by Pepino and Mabile reveals the existence of widespread confusion in academic circles regarding the necessity of general relativity to describe accelerated frames of reference. We analyze the origin of the controversy and clarify the existing confusion based on the conceptual foundations of special and general relativity.
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