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Special relativity (alternative formulations)
About: Special relativity (alternative formulations) is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 3102 publications have been published within this topic receiving 55015 citations.
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TL;DR: In this article, it was pointed out that if one did not know the Einstein-HamiltonJacobi equation one might hope to derive it straight off from plausible first principles, without ever going through the formulation of the Einstein field equations themselves.
Abstract: It is pointed out that if one did not know the Einstein--HamiltonJacobi equation one might hope to derive it straight off from plausible first principles, without ever going through the formulation of the Einstein field equations themselves. (auth)
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TL;DR: The equations of James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879) were not, with one partial exception, his discovery, yet he placed his mark upon them in recognizing their basic unity and what they implied as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: Much as Newton’s contribution to calculus was less in the discovery of the techniques than in his vision of how they linked together and what could be done with them, so the equations of James Clerk Maxwell (1831–1879) were not, with one partial exception, his discovery, yet he placed his mark upon them in recognizing their basic unity and what they implied. Maxwell’s seminal paper, “A Dynamical Theory of the Electro-Magnetic Field,” read before the Royal Society of London in 1864 and published in its Philosophical Transactions in 1865, explained the nature of electromagnetic potential, revealed it to be intimately connected to the propagation of light, and set the stage for Einstein’s discovery of special relativity.
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TL;DR: In this paper, it was argued that special relativity remains a viable physical theory even when there is permitted signals traveling faster than light, and it is argued that this is the case for all special relativity theories.
Abstract: It is argued that special relativity remains a viable physical theory even when there is permitted signals traveling faster than light.
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26 Nov 2007
TL;DR: In this article, Westwell-Roper discusses the ontology and methodology in Relativity, and how Euclidean geometry has misled metaphysics and how to make things have happened.
Abstract: Preface Introduction Part I. Ontology and Methodology in Relativity: 1. On learning from the mistakes of Positivists 2. What ontology can be about with Andrew Westwell-Roper 3. Special relativity is not based on causality 3. Simultaneity and convention in special relativity 5. Motion and change of distance Part II. Variable Curvature and General Relativity: 6. How Euclidean geometry has misled metaphysics 7. What can geometry explain? 8. Is curvature intrinsic to physical space? 9. Holes in the hole argument Part III. Time and Causation: 10. Can time be finite? 11. How to make things have happened Bibliography Index.
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