ways to derive the Lorentz transformations using a variety of physical principles, ranging from Maxwell's equations to Einstein's postulates of special...

In physics, the Lorentz transformations are a six-parameter family of linear transformations from a coordinate frame in spacetime to another frame that...

The history of Lorentz transformations comprises the development of linear transformations forming the Lorentz group or Poincaré group preserving the...

it moves. The expression appears in several equations in special relativity, and it arises in derivations of the Lorentz transformations. The name originates...

motion is Lorentz transformation replace Galilean transformations of Newtonian mechanics.: 98  Other effects include the relativistic corrects to the Doppler...

of the twins paradox and the relativistic Doppler effect are then derived from the Lorentz transformation, all as functions of velocity. Bondi, in his...

of derivations of the Lorentz transformations since Einstein's original work in 1905, each with its particular focus. Although Einstein's derivation was...

In physics and mathematics, the Lorentz group is the group of all Lorentz transformations of Minkowski spacetime, the classical and quantum setting for...

shared the 1902 Nobel Prize in Physics with Pieter Zeeman for their discovery and theoretical explanation of the Zeeman effect. He derived the Lorentz transformation...

principle of relativity (see History of Lorentz transformations and Lorentz ether theory). A more modern example of deriving the Lorentz transformation from...

of homographies, linear fractional transformations, bilinear transformations, and spin transformations (in relativity theory). Möbius transformations...

often called Lorentz ether theory (LET) has its roots in Hendrik Lorentz's "theory of electrons", which marked the end of the development of the classical...

kinematical derivations of the Lorentz transformations. Because spacetime diagrams incorporate Einstein's clock synchronization (with its lattice of clocks...

states of inertial motion (and different choices of an origin). Lorentz transformations are Poincaré transformations which are linear transformations (preserve...

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both the indices (x, α) operated on by Lorentz transformations and the indices (p, σ) operated on by Poincaré transformations. This may be called the Lorentz–Poincaré...

in how its magnitude is determined. The transformations that preserve this magnitude are the Lorentz transformations, which include spatial rotations and...

Considering the charge to be invariant of observer, the electric and magnetic fields of a uniformly moving point charge can hence be derived by the Lorentz transformation...

the Lorentz force law is the combination of electric and magnetic force on a point charge due to electromagnetic fields. The Lorentz force, on the other...

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correct Lorentz's preliminary transformation formulas, resulting in an exact set of equations that are now called the Lorentz transformations. A little...

consequence of the Lorentz transformations for the electromagnetic force acting from one charged particle on another particle. Two other ways of deriving the Biot–Savart...

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Minkowski Space de Sitter space Anti-de Sitter space Derivations of the Lorentz transformations Field (physics) – Physical quantities taking values at...

more detailed discussion. The Dirac equation is invariant under Lorentz transformations, that is, under the action of the Lorentz group SO ( 1 , 3 ) {\displaystyle...

and the invariance of the speed of light in vacuum. (See also: Lorentz covariance.) It is possible to derive the form of the Lorentz transformations from...

symmetry of physical laws under the simultaneous transformations of charge conjugation (C), parity transformation (P), and time reversal (T). CPT is the only...

Galilean transformations are, respectively, replaced by the Lorentz transformations and Poincaré transformations; conversely, the group contraction in the classical...

derive the Lorentz transformation entirely from the combination of three experiments. First, the Michelson–Morley experiment showed that the speed of...

The defining feature of special relativity is the replacement of the Galilean transformations of classical mechanics by the Lorentz transformations....