Special relativity
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Contents
1. Introduction:
- Electromagnetism and Lorentz transformations
- Lorentz transformation vs Newtonian mechanics
2. Kinematics
- Simultaneity, Lorentz transformations in mechanics
- Graphical representation of the standard Lorentz transformation
3. Kinematics 2
- Length contraction, time dilation, paradoxes
- Transformation of velocity and acceleration
- Spacetime and 4-vectors: 4-velocity and 4-acceleration
5. Dynamics
- The equivalence of mass and energy
- Particles and Waves
- Four-force and three-force
6. Electromagnetism 1
- Four-Tensors ==
- Tensor algebra and differentiation
- The metric tensor
- Maxwell's Theory in Tensor Form
8. Electromagnetism 2
- The 4-potential
- Transformation of E and B
- The electromagnetic energy tensor
9. Road to General relativity
- The mechanical energy tensor
- Accelerated frames and the Rindler coordinates
Useful references