Special Relativity : An Introduction with 200 Problems and Solutions

This textbook develops Special Relativity in a systematic way assuming no prior knowledge of Relativity; however the student is assumed to be familiar with the basics of the standard vector calculus. The approach is structural in the sense that it develops Special Relativity in Minkowski space follo...

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Auteur principal: Tsamparlis, Michael
Format: Livre numérique
Langue:Anglais
Publié: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg [20..].
Cham : Springer Nature
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Edition sous un autre format:• Special relativity, an introduction with 200 problems and solutions, Michael Tsamparlis, Heidelberg, Springer, 2010, 1 vol. (XVII-595 p.), 978-3-642-03836-5
Table des matières:
  • Mathematical Part The Structure of the Theories of Physics Newtonian Physics The Foundation of Special Relativity The Physics of the Position Four-Vector Relativistic Kinematics Four-Acceleration Paradoxes Mass Four-Momentum Relativistic Reactions Four-Force Irreducible Decompositions The Electromagnetic Field Relativistic Angular Momentum The Covariant Lorentz Transformation Geometric Description of Relativistic Interactions