On the law of composition of velocities in special relativity theory

DOI10.1070/RM1993V048N05ABEH001085zbMATH Open0814.53057OpenAlexW2029012646MaRDI QIDQ4323931FDOQ4323931

Authors: L. V. Sabinin, Pavel O. Mikheev 

Publication date: 9 March 1995

Published in: Russian Mathematical Surveys (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1070/rm1993v048n05abeh001085

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zbMATH Keywords

composition of velocities

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Special relativity (83A05)

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