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Lecture 13 - Lorentz Transformation

author: Ramamurti Shankar, Department of Applied Physics, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Yale University
recorded by: Yale University
published: June 3, 2010,   recorded: October 2006,   views: 5392
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This lecture offers detailed analysis of the Lorentz transformations which relate the coordinates of an event in two frames in relative motion. It is shown how length, time and simultaneity are relative.

Reading assignment: Relativity Notes: Shankar, 2006 [PDF] Relativity Notes [PDF]

Resources: Problem Set 7 [PDF] Problem Set 7 Solutions [PDF] Relativity Notes: Crib Sheet [PDF] Relativity Notes: Shankar, 2006 [PDF]

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