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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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How to deduce the theorem of addition of velocities?
Lorentz contraction and time dilatation can be deduced without Lorentz transformation. Can you deduce also the theorem of addition of velocities
$$w~=~\dfrac{u+v}{1+uv/c^2}$$
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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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Why absoluteness of time implies galilean transformations?
In Landau course, vol.1 Mechanics, one finds the statement: "...the absoluteness of time necessarily implies that the ordinary law of composition of velocities is applicable to all phenomena."
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