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13:45
@Chris "(L1+L2)/(L1/v1+L2/v2)=2v1v2/(v1+v2)=/=(v1+v2)/2." Which yields, as required, c for v1=c(1+q) ; v2=c(1-q) . For your suggestion v1=c/(1+q); v2=c/(1-q) it would yield c/(1-q^2) for the two way speed of light
 
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18:04
@Thomas Are you seriously trying to tell me you plugged those in to 2v1v2/(v1+v2) and got c? Try it with q=.5 and L=3 light seconds, so v1=1.5c and .5c using your math. Then one way takes 6 seconds and the other way takes 2 seconds. This yields a round trip speed of (6 light seconds/8 seconds)=3c/4.
 
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21:38
@Chris Sorry, I misread your notation. I though the last bit was the result of your calculation. Note though that your round trip assumption does not apply here. In bartleby.com/173/a1.html it is about two different light signals travelling in opposite directions, and any speed anisotropy added here should be of the form c(1+q), c(1-q) (analogously to the case of a swimmer swimming with and against the flow, the flow should have speed c).
@Chris In any case, even with c/(1+q), c/(1-q) you can not get a generalized version of the LT without violating the relativity principle for the motion between the two frames (the unprimed frame would have to move with a different speed relatively to the primed frame than vice versa unless q=0). Just try it.
22:33
@Thomas "any speed anisotropy added here should be of the form c(1+q), c(1-q)". Please do the math and explicitly find the round-trip speed before replying further. I have no desire to argue about basic algebra. For a start of why your form is wrong: what is the average speed over 2 meters of travel for something that has a speed of 2c over 1 meter and a speed of 0 over the last 1 meter?

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