The self-consistency of the kinematics of special relativity, III

Physics Essays

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 454-465

  Good, I J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Composition of velocities; Doubting Thomas; Imaginary rotations; Kinematics of special relativity; Lorentzian matrices; Mutual consistency of Einsteinian and Minkowskian approaches to the kinematics of special relativity; Space time; Special relativity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031478701     PISSN: 08361398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4006/1.3036432     Document Type: Article

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