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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454370903321

Autore

Hsu J. P (Jong-Ping)

Titolo

Lorentz and Poincaré invariance [[electronic resource] ] : 100 years of relativity / / Jong-Ping Hsu, Yuan-Zhong Zhang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

River Edge, N.J., : World Scientific, c2001

ISBN

1-281-95655-4

9786611956554

981-281-098-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (616 p.)

Collana

Advanced series on theoretical physical science ; ; v. 8

Altri autori (Persone)

ZhangYuanzhong <1940->

Disciplina

530.1

Soggetti

Symmetry (Physics)

Relativity (Physics)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Preface; Acknowledgements; Remarks on the Development of the Lorentz and Poincare Invariance; Part I. Theoretical Implications of Lorentz and Poincare Invariance; 1. The Dawn of Lorentz and Poincare Invariance

First Proposal of the Universal Speed of Light by Voigt in 1887   The Ether and the Earth's Atmosphere; General Problem of Moving Matter Treated in Relation to the Individual Molecules                 ; Moving Material System: Approximation Carried to the Second Order

In Pursuit of the Electrodynamics for Moving Bodies  2. Special Relativity and its 4-Dimensional Symmetry; Electromagnetic Phenomena in a System Moving with any Velocity less than that of Light; Poincare's Rendiconti Paper on Relativity. Part I ; On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies

The Principle of Relativity and the Fundamental Equations of Mechanics  Space and Time; The Theory of Relativity and Science; Einstein's First Paper on Relativity; On the Origins of the Special Theory of Relativity; 3. Inquiries Regarding the Constancy of the Speed of Light

The Postulate of the Constancy of the Speed of Light. Ritz's and Related Theories Critical Researches on General Electrodynamics; 4. Extended



Relativity and its 4-Dimensional Symmetry; The Philosophy of Space and Time: Simultaneity; Special Relativity in Anisotropic Space

Four-Dimensional Symmetry of Taiji Relativity and Coordinate Transformation Based on a Weaker Postulate for the Speed of Light.-I

Sommario/riassunto

This collection of papers provides a broad view of the development of Lorentz and Poincaré invariance and space time symmetry throughout the past 100 years. The issues explored in these papers include: (1) formulations of relativity theories in which the speed of light is not a universal constant but which are consistent with the four-dimensional symmetry of the Lorentz and Poincaré groups and with experimental results, (2) analyses and discussions by Reichenbach concerning the concepts of simultaneity and physical time from a philosophical point of view, and (3) results achieved by the union