Spacetime (redirect from Lorentz interval)
within the universe). However, space and time took on new meanings with the Lorentz transformation and special theory of relativity. In 1908, Hermann Minkowski...
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Geertruida Luberta de Haas-Lorentz (20 November 1885 – 1973) was a Dutch physicist and professor of the Technical University of Delft. She was the first...
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hypothesized luminiferous aether. These led to the development of the Lorentz transformations, which adjust distances and times for moving objects. Special...
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Four-vector (section Lorentz transformation)
four-vector (or 4-vector, sometimes Lorentz vector) is an object with four components, which transform in a specific way under Lorentz transformations. Specifically...
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set of coupled partial differential equations that, together with the Lorentz force law, form the foundation of classical electromagnetism, classical...
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Luminiferous aether (section Lorentz aether theory)
arbitrary-looking coefficients and physical assumptions. Lorentz and FitzGerald offered within the framework of Lorentz ether theory a more elegant solution to how...
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Dirac equation (section Lorentz invariance)
discussion. The Dirac equation is invariant under Lorentz transformations, that is, under the action of the Lorentz group SO ( 1 , 3 ) {\displaystyle {\text{SO}}(1...
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Pomerania. Slovincian is classified either as a language (first by Friedrich Lorentz), or as a Kashubian dialect or variant,. Slovincian and Kashubian are both...
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Aether drag hypothesis (section Lorentz and Einstein)
apparently confirmed by the Michelson–Morley experiment (1881, 1887). Hendrik Lorentz resolved this contradictory situation in his own aether theory, which banished...
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Majorana equation (section Lorentz invariance)
conjugation, parity transformation and time reversal; the continuous symmetry is Lorentz invariance. Charge conjugation plays an outsize role, as it is the key...
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