How does an inertial observer assign space and time coordinates to an event in Special Relativity?

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We discuss how an inertial observer assigns space and time coordinates to an event in Special Relativity.

To identify an event on a spacetime diagram one needs its’ space and time coordinates and to determine the space and time coordinate of a physical event occurring in the real world is a non-trivial task. In this video we elaborate how an inertial observer can assign space and time coordinates to an event using his clock and a light-source and laws of Special Relativity.

Chapters:
0:00 Intro: Assigning spacetime coordinates to actual events is non-trivial
0:32 An impractical method allowed by Laws of Relativity
1:02 Who is assigning the space and time coordinates?
1:52 The stratagy
2:43 How it works…: Space coordinate
3:48 Time coordinate needs a choice
5:10 The entire spacetime coordinate grid
5:28 One more thing …
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Questions this video answered:
How to assign space and time coordinates to an event?
How to identify an event in a spacetime diagram?
How to identify an event in a Minkowski diagram?
How to use photon world-lines to assign coordinates to spacetime events?
How to set up the spacetime coordinate grid i an Minkowski diagram?

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