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| Authors | Claudia Pombo, Theo M. Nieuwenhuizen |
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| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0510127 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0510127 |
| DOI | 10.1063/1.2158746 |
Abstract
On the basis of Galilean invariance and the Doppler formula, combined with an observational condition, it is shown that the constancy of the velocity of light {\it in vacuo} can be derived, together with time-dilatation and Lorentz contraction. It is not necessary to take the constancy as a postulate.
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