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If M is a 4-dimensional connected, orientable flat spacetime manifold endowed with a time-arrow, and if the existence of a finite speed limit to energy/information transfers over M can be assessed, then the “twin paradox” necessarily follows (and indeed, the full special relativity theory). Two other implicit ingredients of the paradox are also identified.
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Grandou, T., Rubin, J.L. On the Ingredients of the Twin Paradox. Int J Theor Phys 48, 101–114 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10773-008-9786-y
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