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

• Autore: Hsu J. P (Jong-Ping)
• Pubblicazione: River Edge, N.J., : World Scientific, c2001
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (616 p.)
• Disciplina: 530.1
• Soggetto topico: Symmetry (Physics); Relativity (Physics)
• Altri autori: ZhangYuanzhong <1940->
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Lorentz and Poincaré invariance
• ISBN: 1-281-95655-4; 9786611956554; 981-281-098-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782387403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Advanced series on theoretical physical science ; ; v. 8.