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Inertia‐Free Mechanics and Lorentz Invariance: A Simple Example
Author(s) -
Liebscher D.E.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
annalen der physik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1521-3889
pISSN - 0003-3804
DOI - 10.1002/andp.19864980319
Subject(s) - inertia , lorentz covariance , metric (unit) , simple (philosophy) , a priori and a posteriori , physics , classical mechanics , lorentz transformation , point (geometry) , theoretical physics , mathematics , geometry , epistemology , philosophy , operations management , economics
We explain by use of an example in point mechanics, how the metric of space‐time may be produced dynamically in a system, for which no time and no metric is given a priori.