CHAPTER 7.
Special Relativity

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Lecture 1. Simultaneity is not absolute

Consider a large wagon
The Lorentz transformation are
\(
\begin{align}
t^{\prime}&=\gamma\left(t-vx/c^2\right)\\
x^{\prime}&=\gamma\left(x-vt\right)\\
y^{\prime}&=y\\
z^{\prime}&=z
\end{align}
\)

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