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Special relativity — many frames, one invariant
relativity
The laws and the speed of light are the same in every inertial frame; observers disagree on time and length but agree on c and on the invariant interval s^2 = (ct)^2 - x^2. A clock at 0.6c runs slow by gamma = 1.25 (sealed). Many frames, one invariant truth - the Lorentz transformation is a rotation in spacetime that preserves the interval.
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Narrow Highway — relativity
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card_rel_special
address
WIT.codex.FCT/special-relativity-many-frames-one-invariant/REF.WITNESSED@narrow-highway
adjoining cards
- part of → Relativity — many frames, one invariant — a pillar of relativity (Special relativity)
- connects at → Maxwell's equations — the first unification — Maxwell's Lorentz covariance and the constancy of c forced special relativity
- connects at → The capstone — one source, many potentials, one end — many frames, one invariant truth - the same shape as many potentials, one end
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