Abstract

Presented are the results of a yearlong research project regarding relativistic velocity composition. The purpose of the research was to evaluate every reasonable theoretical approach that might explain this process, including Einstein?s velocity composition law, and determine what formula correctly defines its behavior. Pursuant to that goal, Einstein?s formula is dissected and deciphered in a manner that has never been successfully accomplished before. The results are not pretty, and upon seeing them, one will find it impossible to continue believing that Einstein?s formula can be correct. Among the other surprising findings presented here, are these: That which appears to be the correct formula is so different from what would have been expected that it shakes the entire foundation of relativistic physics. It is also found that the velocity composition process is immensely more important than presently realized. Whereas Einstein?s formula, discounting its apparent invalidity, essentially concludes special relativity causing it to be a closed loop theory, the new formula links the properly defined underlying principles of relativity to an entirely new and unexplored level of relativistic physics. Astonishingly, a level that not only removes the light-speed barrier but possibly provides insights into many of our recent discoveries regarding the true nature of the universe.