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Scott Starks, PhD, PE
Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering
UTEP
(Based upon material published in MIT Open Course Ware
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/mathematics/18-01sc-single-variable-calculus-fall-2010/unit-2-applications-of-
differentiation/part-a-approximation-and-curve-sketching/session-24-examples-of-linear-approximation/MIT18_01SCF10_Ses24d.pdf
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Let’s imagine that I am on Planet Quirk.
A satellite is whizzing overhead with a velocity
v.
me
Planet Quirk
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The satellite has a clock on it that reports a time, T.
I have a watch that reports a time, Tm.
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The following equation from special relativity gives the relationship between the two times:
I would like to know how different are the two times?
2
2
1c
v
TTm
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Let’s make a substitution of variables
where
uuf
ufTu
Tu
TT
c
vu
m
1
1)(
)(1
1
1
2
2
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2
3
2
3
12
1
)1(12
11
1
)(
u
uud
ud
uf
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Formula for linear approximation
We will take the approximation about the
value a = 0
)()()(1
1)( auafaf
uuf
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uuf
uf
f
uff
auafafuf
u
a
2
11)(
2
1)1(
2
1)0(
1)0(
)0()0(
)()()()(
0
2
3
0
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2
2
2
11
2
11
1
c
vT
uTu
TTm
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GPS transmitters are mounted on satellites that are in orbit above the Earth.
GPS receivers are omni-present on Earth. Many of these are in motion (autos) also.
According to special relativity, there will be a difference between the time on your GPS receiving device and the time on the GPS satellite.
This difference will impact your receiving device’s estimate of position.
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The engineers who set up the GPS satellite system anticipated this difference in time.
GPS satellites move at about 4 km/s.
The speed of light is 3 X 105 km/s and Tm is
approximately T X (1.00000000005).
There is hardly any difference between the times measured on the ground and on the satellite.
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Because v2/c2 is very close to 0, our linear approximation should be very close to the
actual value of Tm.
Another good reason for using linear approximation here is that if the answer is “the difference is too small to matter”, the person doing the calculation has no use for a more precise answer which may be more difficult to calculate.
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Nonetheless, engineers used this very approximation (along with several other approximations) to calibrate the radio transmitters on GPS satellites.