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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E%3Dmc%C2%B2 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E%3Dmc%C2%B2
An article from the Wikipedia encyclopedia. |
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A Special Relativity Paradox: The Barn and the Pole - http://www.math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/Relativity/SR/barn_pole.html
The answer to the famous barn and the pole paradox is that the two doors are never closed at the same time in the runner's frame of reference. |
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How Do You Add Velocities in Special Relativity? - http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/Relativity/SR/velocity.html
Here is the formula for adding velocities in special relativity when motion occurs in a single direction. |
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Special Relativity - http://casa.colorado.edu/~ajsh/sr/sr.shtml
Tutorial explains about the postulates, paradox, simulaneity, time dilation, Lorentz transformation constructions, spacetime wheel, and the Fitzgerald-Lorentz contraction. Page includes some animated illustrations. |
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Special Relativity - http://www.geocities.com/zcphysicsms/sr.htm
A unit for an online relativity textbook explaining special relativistic mathematical physics. |
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Understanding Special Relativity - http://www.rafimoor.com/english/SRE.htm
Brief explanation of special relativity, using no more than high-school level mathematics; includes an account of the twin paradox, some remarks on faster-than-light travel, and some material on relativistic mechanics. By Rafi Moor. |
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How Stuff Works: Special Relativity - http://www.howstuffworks.com/relativity.htm
The major principles of special relativity (SR) are discussed in an accessible way, via 5 segments, to help you understand the lingo and theories involved. |
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The Special Theory of Relativity - http://astro.physics.sc.edu/selfpacedunits/Unit56.html
Self-tutorial with short essays, questions and answers. |
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A Derivation of the Lorentz Transformation From a Simple Definition of Time - http://www.everythingimportant.org/relativity/special.pdf
The fundamental equations of special relativity are derived with only high school algebra and toy universes consisting of moving rulers. |
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Sagnac Effect, Twin Paradox and Space-Time Topology - http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0403111
When viewed with an alternative synchronization convention, the Sagnac effect on a rotating disk is purely topological and the rim of the disk is essentially an inertial system. |
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Derivation of the Lorentz Transformation - http://www2.physics.umd.edu/~yakovenk/teaching/Lorentz.pdf
This derivation uses the group property of the Lorentz transformations, which means that a combination of two Lorentz transformations also belongs to the class Lorentz transformations. |
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Uniform Acceleration - http://www.ph.utexas.edu/~gleeson/NotesChapter13.pdf
This paper analyzes several simple uniform acceleration problems, including the paradox of John Bell. |
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Synchronization Gauges and the Principles of Special Relativity - http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0409105
Synchronization functions set the mathematical clocks represented by the Lorentz transformation and resetting these clocks mathematically only produces a theory equivalent to special relativity in predicting empirical facts. 57 pages. |
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Time Dilation - http://www.pa.msu.edu/courses/2000spring/PHY232/lectures/relativity/dilation.html
The gamma factor and time dilation can be derived using a very simple clock. |
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Imaginary In All Directions - http://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0309061
There is a preferred algebra of quaternions and complex numbers that is ideally suited to express the equations of special relativity and classical electrodynamics. |
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Geometric Algebra for Physicists - http://assets.cambridge.org/052148/0221/sample/0521480221WS.pdf
This is chapter 1 of a book by Chris Doran and Anthony Lasenby on geometric algebra, which is the natural mathematics of spacetime. |
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Jim Doyle's Special Relativity Pages - http://www.btinternet.com/~j.doyle/SR/sr1.htm
A growing collection of pages on special relativity, including Special Relativity in under 15 Minutes! |
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Einstein Light - http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/einsteinlight/
A multimedia tutorial on Special Relativity. The introductory level takes 10 minutes, but has links to over 40 explanatory pages giving greater depth and breadth. |
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Relativity (Kinematics) - http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~djmorin/chap11.pdf
Chapter of a classical mechanics text describes spatiotemporal effects. Includes problems and solutions. |
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Quaternions in University-Level Physics Considering Special Relativity - http://arxiv.org/ftp/physics/papers/0308/0308017.pdf
The quaternions are an expansion of complex numbers and show close relations to numerous physically fundamental concepts (e.g. Pauli Matrices). |
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Generalized Relativistic Velocity Addition with Spacetime Algebra - http://arxiv.org/ftp/physics/papers/0511/0511247.pdf
The general problem of relativistic addition of velocities – and the successive application of noncollinear Lorentz boosts – is addressed. |
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The Lecture Notes of Dr. R. D. Field - http://www.phys.ufl.edu/~rfield/PHY3063/
The online physics course notes for Physics 3063, by Professor Rick Field, University of Florida, is a good summary of many of the useful formulas used in special relativity. |
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The Structure of Space-Time Transformations - http://projecteuclid.org/Dienst/UI/1.0/Summarize/euclid.cmp/1103858408
This theorem by H. J. Borchers and G. C. Hegerfeldt proves that the constancy of light velocity alone implies the Lorentz group (up to dilatations). |
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The Doppler Shift Equation For An Accelerating Frame of Reference - http://www.everythingimportant.org/SDA/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=969
The exact equation for the Doppler shift in a uniformly accelerating rocket is derived in two different ways. The first method depends on a functional equation and Einstein’s approximation. The second approach is a direct application of several familiar equations in the relativity of uniformly accelerated motion. |
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Commutative Hypercomplex Special Relativity - http://home.comcast.net/%7ecmdaven/special.htm
Einstein's special relativity is formulated in terms of 4-D commutative hypercomplex mathematics. The traditional results are obtained, but some additional effects are suggested. |
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Relativistic Force Transformation - http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0507099
Formulas relating one and the same force in two inertial frames of reference are derived directly from the Lorentz transformation of space and time coordinates. |
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Deriving Relativistic Momentum and Energy - http://lanl.arxiv.org/abs/physics/0402024
Expressions for momentum and energy of a relativistic particle may be derived from the composition law for velocities along one spatial dimension. |
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Space Measurements on a Rotating Platform - http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0309020
The age-old puzzling problem of Lorentz contraction on a rotating platform, i.e., Ehrenfest's paradox, is explained in its proper mathematical context. |
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Deriving Relativistic Momentum and Energy. II. - http://lanl.arxiv.org/abs/physics/0504095
The usual relativistic expressions for momentum and kinetic energy are generalized from the one-dimensional to the three-dimensional case. |
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Nothing but Relativity - http://lanl.arxiv.org/abs/physics/0302045
There are many ways to derive the Lorentz transformation without invoking Einstein's constancy of light postulate. The path preferred in this paper restates a simple, established approach. |