Can special relativity be derived from Galilean mechanics alone?

DOI10.1007/S10701-009-9301-1MaRDI QIDQ735184zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Or Sela, Boaz Tamir, Shahar Dolev, Avshalom C. Elitzur

Publication date 21 October 2009

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

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-009-9301-1

zbMATH Keywords

electromagnetismGalilean invariancespecial relativity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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