The Twin Paradox Put to Rest

TL;DR

This paper provides a straightforward analytical solution to the twin paradox using Lorentz transformations, eliminating the need for accelerated frames or signal exchanges, thus resolving a long-standing relativity puzzle.

Contribution

It introduces a simple, purely Lorentz transformation-based solution to the twin paradox, clarifying its resolution without complex assumptions.

Findings

The twin paradox can be resolved analytically with Lorentz transformations.

The solution does not require accelerated frames or signal exchanges.

It clarifies the nature of time dilation in special relativity.

Abstract

In this letter, we give a simple and analytical solution to the twin paradox. It relies just on Lorentz transformations and does not involve accelerated frames or any kind of signals exchanged between the twins. We expect that with this we can put a dead end to this century-old problem.