The Ehrenfest paradox – a simple explanation?

Despite the number of articles and web pages on the Ehrenfest paradox, hardly any provide a direct explanation of how the paradox can be resolved. The following is my interpretation of the physics, I’m open to comments if I have erred anywhere or if my language is excessively lax.

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New site

Welcome to the newly redesigned zmatt.net. I seem to only get around to upgrading my personal website once every decade so this is a special day indeed. The biggest change is that I now have a blog here (powered by WordPress). I used to blog on LiveJournal but I was seduced by short attention span media like Facebook, I’m trying to restart the blogging habit.

* 30% more Web 2.0 not guaranteed

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