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The Hare and the Tortoise 1 - Solution
Both the hare and the tortoise think that they won.
If you follow the line of simultaneity of the hare, the space-time point
of the hare crossing the finish line is simultaneous with a space-time point
on the tortoise's trajectory which is only about two thirds of the way to its
finish line.
So in the hare's frame of reference, it won the race.
The exact same argument applies to the tortoise's frame of reference
so it too thinks it won the race.
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