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Understanding Special Relativity

Understanding Special Relativity

Understanding Special Relativity

The purpose of this note is to introduce the theory of special relativity in an easily understandable way.Covered topics are: The 2 Postulates, The Relativity of Simultaneity, Length Contraction, Time Dilation, Lorentz Transformation, The Metric, The Twins Paradox, Moving faster than light?, Velocity Composition, Relativistic Dynamics and The 4-vector approach.

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