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Inertial Frames of Reference - Inertial vs. Accelerated Frames
According to Robert Resnick's book "Introduction to Special Relativity", a line states the following as the definition of an inertial frame of reference: "We define an inertial system as a frame of ...
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Is acceleration relative?
A while back in my Dynamics & Relativity lectures my lecturer mentioned that an object need not be accelerating relative to anything - he said it makes sense for an object to just be accelerating. ...
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frames of reference [duplicate]
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Help Me Gain an Intuitive Understanding of Lorentz Contraction
Frames k and k' are inertial frames. Frame k' is moving at a velocity of magnitude v relative to frame k ...
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How to take into account the reference frames with the revolution and rotation of the Earth in OPERA's superluminal neutrinos?
Since the Earth is moving around the Sun, which is moving around Milky Way, etc... What reference frame is used for the complete motion of the begin/end points (which are non-inertial right?)?
