Nothing but relativity

DOI10.1088/0143-0807/24/3/312MaRDI QIDQ4460620zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Palash Baran Pal

Publication date 18 May 2004

Published in European Journal of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0302045

zbMATH Keywords

Einsteinian relativityprinciple of relativityspace-time transformationvelocity addition law

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Special relativity (83A05) Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10)

Abstract: We deduce the most general space-time transformation laws consistent with the principle of relativity. Thus, our result contains the results of both Galilean and Einsteinian relativity. The velocity addition law comes as a bi-product of this analysis. We also argue why Galilean and Einsteinian versions are the only possible embodiments of the principle of relativity.

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