Published December 19, 2025
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The Radius of a Rotating Disk Is Not Invariant
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v2: general rewrite specifying origin and nature of the identity error
v3: added paragraph to rigidity section pointing out impossibility of rigid radial rod
v4: general rewrite focusing on operationally defining the radius of a rotating disk
v5: changed title
v6: added circularity argument to radial misidentification section
v7: made non-Euclidean radius/radii explicit, showed that material path length contracts to R in the lab frame
v8: added standard textbook citation
v9, v10: general polish, added rotating rod example
v11: new abstract and title
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