On the appeal to a pre-established harmony between pure mathematics and relativity physics

Foundations of Physics Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-23

  Ungar, Abraham A ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Einstein's addition; Hyperbolic geometry; Relativistic center of momentum; Special relativity; Thomas precession (gyration); gyroformalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038772222     PISSN: 08949875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024136905975     Document Type: Review

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