On some Symmetry Axioms in Relativity Theories
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2016-01-15 v1 Mathematical Physics
Logic
math.MP
Abstract
In this paper we review two symmetry axioms of special relativity and their connections to each other together with their role in some famous predictions of relativity theory, such as time dilation, length contraction, and the twin paradox. We also discuss briefly counterparts of these symmetry axioms in general relativity and formulate a conjecture, namely that without them the axioms of general relativity would capture general relativistic spacetimes only up to conformal equivalence.
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@article{arxiv.1601.03701,
title = {On some Symmetry Axioms in Relativity Theories},
author = {Gergely Székely},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1601.03701},
year = {2016}
}
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15 pages, 1 figure