Can anyone explain inertial reference frames to me? It would seem that extreme acceleration of one object vs another /inside/ an intertial frame would lead to inconsistences under relativity with respect to a reference object in another intertial frame.
Acceleration is handled properly by general relativity, not special. AFAIK inertial frames are a simplifying feature of special relativity and things get more complex with GR
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Thanks! My q is from the sense that whether you use inertial or non-inertial ref frames, it seems you get different relativistic status for objects (eg time dilation) depending on what frame you use. And since some frames cannot be known ... how do you know?
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Both this point, and the one below, relate to my wondering if we can get away from the essential relevance of observational position in object mechanics (not quantum states). I wonder if we can.https://twitter.com/jmanooch/status/1353374741084606464?s=20 …
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