In physics, the Lorentz transformations are a six-parameter family of linear transformations from a coordinate frame in spacetime to another frame that... 103 KB (14,094 words) - 09:01, 3 May 2024 |
of Lorentz transformations comprises the development of linear transformations forming the Lorentz group or Poincaré group preserving the Lorentz interval... 96 KB (15,382 words) - 00:01, 7 January 2024 |
In physics and mathematics, the Lorentz group is the group of all Lorentz transformations of Minkowski spacetime, the classical and quantum setting for... 65 KB (9,740 words) - 16:15, 2 February 2024 |
and tensors are in general altered under Lorentz transformations, Lorentz scalars remain unchanged. A Lorentz scalar is not always immediately seen to... 8 KB (1,457 words) - 00:58, 18 January 2024 |
There are many ways to derive the Lorentz transformations using a variety of physical principles, ranging from Maxwell's equations to Einstein's postulates... 64 KB (11,484 words) - 22:51, 3 May 2024 |
the Zeeman effect. He derived the Lorentz transformation of the special theory of relativity, as well as the Lorentz force, which describes the combined... 46 KB (4,860 words) - 11:02, 12 April 2024 |
equations in special relativity, and it arises in derivations of the Lorentz transformations. The name originates from its earlier appearance in Lorentzian... 13 KB (1,694 words) - 12:01, 6 April 2024 |
Poincaré group (redirect from Lorentz–Poincaré group) boosts, transformations connecting two uniformly moving bodies (K). The last two symmetries, J and K, together make the Lorentz group (see also Lorentz invariance);... 15 KB (2,153 words) - 06:00, 30 April 2024 |
Length contraction (redirect from Lorentz–FitzGerald contraction hypothesis) origin). Lorentz transformations are Poincaré transformations which are linear transformations (preserve the origin). Lorentz transformations play the... 34 KB (4,434 words) - 13:41, 28 February 2024 |
What is now often called Lorentz ether theory (LET) has its roots in Hendrik Lorentz's "theory of electrons", which marked the end of the development... 78 KB (10,812 words) - 08:03, 29 February 2024 |