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THE feature of the situation for which Dingle1 is searching is that the two events he considers define a third inertial frame, C say, in which the two events occur at the same position. My one sentence answer to Dingle's question is: the time interval calculated by A is greater (less) than that calculated by B if the relative speed of C and A is greater (less) than the relative speed of C and B.
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Dingle, H., Nature, 242, 423 (1973).
Holstein, B. R., and Swift, A. R., Am. J. Phys., 40, 746 (1972).
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STEDMAN, G. Stedman's Answer. Nature 244, 27 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/244027d0
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