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    Hyperbolic motion is the motion of an object with constant proper acceleration in special relativity. It is called hyperbolic motion because the equation...
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  • spacetime in general relativity. In the case of hyperbolic motion one can use Rindler coordinates, in the case of uniform circular motion one can use Born...
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    In physics, the relativity of simultaneity is the concept that distant simultaneity – whether two spatially separated events occur at the same time – is...
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    respectively. Hyperbolic geometry enters special relativity through rapidity, which stands in for velocity, and is expressed by a hyperbolic angle. The study...
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  • expression "hyperbolic motion". He noted that uniform acceleration can be used as an approximation for any form of acceleration within special relativity. In...
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    known as the principle of relativity. The speed of light in vacuum is the same for all observers, regardless of the motion of light source or observer...
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    the eccentricity. However, with a hyperbolic orbit other parameters may be more useful in understanding a body's motion. The following table lists the main...
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    Rapidity (category Hyperbolic functions)
    Since in relativity any velocity v is constrained to the interval −c < v < c the ratio v / c satisfies −1 < v / c < 1. The inverse hyperbolic tangent has...
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  • Rindler coordinates (category Theory of relativity)
    are a coordinate system used in the context of special relativity to describe the hyperbolic acceleration of a uniformly accelerating reference frame...
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    Space (section Relativity)
    spacetime, called Minkowski space (see special relativity). The idea behind spacetime is that time is hyperbolic-orthogonal to each of the three spatial dimensions...
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  • The theory of relativity usually encompasses two interrelated physics theories by Albert Einstein: special relativity and general relativity, proposed and...
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  • framework of special relativity (see Acceleration (special relativity), Proper reference frame (flat spacetime), Hyperbolic motion, Rindler coordinates...
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  • Mass Meets Hyperbolic Geometry, Abraham A. Ungar, Commun. Math. Anal. Volume 10, Number 1 (2011), 30–56. Silagadze, Z. K. (2008), "Relativity without tears"...
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    quadrant of absolute temperature and gas density. For hyperbolic coordinates in the theory of relativity see the History section. Comparative study of population...
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  • General relativity, also known as the general theory of relativity, and as Einstein's theory of gravity, is the geometric theory of gravitation published...
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  • 195–219, Academic Press, N.Y. Richard C. Tolman (2004) Theory of Relativity of Motion, page 194, §180 Non-Euclidean angle, §181 Kinematical interpretation...
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    Albert Einstein presented the theories of special relativity and general relativity in publications that either contained no formal references to previous...
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  • Mach's principle.[page needed] There is a fundamental issue in relativity theory: if all motion is relative, how can we measure the inertia of a body? We must...
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    Spacetime (category Theory of relativity)
    entirety of special relativity. The spacetime concept and the Lorentz group are closely connected to certain types of sphere, hyperbolic, or conformal geometries...
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  • Time dilation (category Special relativity)
    velocity between them (special relativity), or a difference in gravitational potential between their locations (general relativity). When unspecified, "time...
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    is a motion. More generally, the term motion is a synonym for surjective isometry in metric geometry, including elliptic geometry and hyperbolic geometry...
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    spaces in relativity. If the dynamics of a system is known, the equations are the solutions for the differential equations describing the motion of the dynamics...
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    Lorentz transformation (category Special relativity)
    Galilean transformation Hyperbolic rotation Lorentz group Representation theory of the Lorentz group Principle of relativity Velocity-addition formula...
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    Vladimir Varićak (category Relativity theorists)
    development of the non-euclidean style [of relativity], unfolding Minkowski's image of velocity-vector relations in hyperbolic space, and recapitulating a variety...
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    another standard model of hyperbolic geometry. Hyperbolic quaternion Hyperspace Introduction to the mathematics of general relativity Minkowski plane This...
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    In geometry, hyperbolic angle is a real number determined by the area of the corresponding hyperbolic sector of xy = 1 in Quadrant I of the Cartesian plane...
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  • Einstein field equations (category General relativity)
    In the general theory of relativity, the Einstein field equations (EFE; also known as Einstein's equations) relate the geometry of spacetime to the distribution...
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  • In physics, the principle of relativity is the requirement that the equations describing the laws of physics have the same form in all admissible frames...
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  • the context of general relativity, it means the problem of finding solutions to Einstein's field equations — a system of hyperbolic partial differential...
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    left-handed circular polarization. In special relativity, a time axis determined by a rapidity of motion is hyperbolic-orthogonal to a space axis of simultaneous...
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