The Lorentz transformation in a fishbowl: a comment on Cheng and Read's ``Why not a sound postulate?

DOI10.1007/s10701-023-00698-7zbMath1528.83160OpenAlexW4376279569MaRDI QIDQ6170732

Daniel Shanahan

Publication date: 13 July 2023

Published in: Foundations of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-023-00698-7

zbMATH Keywords

de Broglie waveOccam's razoranalogue gravityprinciple of relativityLorentzian relativityEinstein's ``constructive theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Hydro- and aero-acoustics (76Q05) Special relativity (83A05) Analogues of general relativity in lower dimensions (83C80) History of relativity and gravitational theory (83-03) Local differential geometry of Lorentz metrics, indefinite metrics (53B30)

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