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Galilean transformation vs boost matrices

I'm confused about the difference between a Galilean transformation and boost with reference to their matrices. I was given four statements (listed below) but I'm not sure what I should be looking for ...
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Dummy variables and Galilean Invariance

I've faced a small doubt, and I was hoping someone could verify this for me. According to Galilean transformation, consider $2$ frames - $S_1$ and $S_2$ moving relative to each other. $S_1$ is at rest,...
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Why is force invariant under a Galilean transformation? [duplicate]

I've had a look around online, but I haven't been able to find something which answers this in a way I understand. Essentially, I'm trying to figure out why force is invariant under a Galilean ...
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Is it possible to tell whether the space ship is moving or not?

Consider a space ship which is not under any force. Being inside the space ship, I will make a robotic fly from the platform to crawl inside using my remote. For simplicity assume that space ship will ...
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While jumping in a high speed train why we fall on same place? [duplicate]

while we jump inside a high speed train why do we fall on the exact place? as train is in high speed and we are jumping so we should fall backside. but this doesn't happen why?
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Symmetry properties of time and space in non-inertial frames

Are symmetry properties of time and space true for non-inertial frames? If yes, how? If no, why not? Please, can you explain? We already know that an important feature of inertial frames is the ...
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