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View SchemaA brief and transparent derivation of the Lorentz-Einstein transformations via thought experiments
| Authors | Bernhard Rothenstein, Stefan Popescu, George J. Spix |
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| ArXiv ID | physics/0602054 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0602054 |
Abstract
Starting with a thought experiment proposed by Kard, which derives the formula that accounts for the relativistic effect of length contraction, we present a "two line" transparent derivation of the Lorentz-Einstein transformations for the space-time coordinates of the same event. Our derivation make uses of Einstein's clock synchronization procedure
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