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Is the Kinematics of Special Relativity incomplete?

General Physics 2007-05-23 v2 Classical Physics

Abstract

An analysis of composite inertial motion (relativistic sum) within the framework of special relativity leads to the conclusion that every translational motion must be the symmetrically composite relativistic sum of a finite number of quanta of velocity. It is shown that the resulting space-time geometry is Gaussian and the four-vector calculus has its roots in the complex-number algebra, furthermore, that Einstein's "relativity of simultaneity" is based on a misinterpretation of the principle of relativity. Among others predictions of the experimentally verified rise of the interaction-radii of hadrons in high energetic collisions are derived. From the theory also follows the equivalence of relativistically dilated time and relativistic mass as well as the existence of a quantum of time (fundamental length) and its quantitative value, to be found in good accord with experiment.

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@article{arxiv.physics/9909059,
  title  = {Is the Kinematics of Special Relativity incomplete?},
  author = {Ernst Karl Kunst},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/9909059},
  year   = {2007}
}

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20 pages, 1 figure; new ps-version due to technical problems with (original) HTML-submission