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A new relativistic transformation in the velocity space (here named the differential Lorentz transformation) is formulated solely from the principle of relativity and the invariance of the speed of light. The differential Lorentz…

Classical Physics · Physics 2008-12-31 Young-Sea Huang

The root of the divergence problem in the current quantum field theory seems to be in the special theory of relativity. Here we propose a modified special relativity theory by introducing the primed inertial coordinate system, in addition…

General Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Jian-Miin Liu

The hypothesis that the Lorentz transformations may be modified at Planck scale energies is further explored. We present a general formalism for theories which preserve the relativity of inertial frames with a non-linear action of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-05-05 Joao Magueijo , Lee Smolin

We investigate inertial frames in the absence of Lorentz invariance, reconsidering the usual group structure implied by the relativity principle. We abandon the relativity principle, discarding the group structure for the transformations…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-02-26 Valentina Baccetti , Kyle Tate , Matt Visser

We derive rotation free Lorentz Transformation (LT) between two inertial reference frames without using the second postulate of Einstein, i.e., we do not assume the invariant speed of light (in vacuum) under LT. We find a general…

Classical Physics · Physics 2022-12-08 Satadal Datta

Formulae relating one and the same force in two inertial frames of reference are derived directly from the Lorentz transformation of space and time coordinates and relativistic equation for the dynamic law of motion in three dimensions. We…

Physics Education · Physics 2007-05-23 Valery P. Dmitriyev

Special relativity turns out to be more than coordinate transformations in which the constancy of the speed of light plays the central role between two inertial reference frames. Special relativity, in essence, is a theory of…

General Physics · Physics 2007-06-13 M. Sultan Parvez

Keeping the two fundamental postulates of the special theory of relativity, the principle of relativity and the constancy of the one-way velocity of light in all inertial frames of reference, and assuming two generalized Finslerian…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Jian-Miin Liu

A free system, considered to be a comparison system, allows for the notion of objective existence and inertial frame. Transformations connecting inertial frames are shown to be either Lorentz or generalized Galilei.

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Ruggiero de Ritis , Giuseppe Marmo , Bruno Preziosi

The derivation of the transformations between inertial frames made by Mansouri and Sexl is generalised to three dimensions for an arbitrary direction of the velocity. Assuming lenght contraction and time dilation to have their relativistic…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-30 Francois Goy

An analysis of the Lorentz transformation shows that the unchangeability of the space-time coordinates of the inertial systems under consideration and the possibility of a direct projection of those coordinates onto another are the…

General Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Ernst Karl Kunst

After a short Historical bibliographical note, in the Starting points attention will be focused on some postulates common to classical mechanics and special relativity. Starting from these premises, in the sections The deduction of the form…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2025-04-08 Fabiano Minni

We present an elementary, symmetry-first derivation of the Lorentz transformation together with a methodological clarification of the linearity step. Starting from the Principle of Relativity, supplemented by spacetime homogeneity,…

Classical Physics · Physics 2026-05-26 Nianjun Tan

We consider real linear transformations between two inertial frames with constant relative speed $v$ in a $d$-dimensional spacetime where light moves with constant speed $c=1$ (for some chosen units) in all frames. For $d=2$ we show that…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-10-30 David Acton , Owen Doyle , Michael P. Tuite

Galilean Relativity and Einstein's Special and General Relativity showed that the Laws of Physics go deeper than their representations in any given reference frame. Thus covariance, or independence of Laws of Physics with respect to changes…

General Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Elemer E Rosinger

An overlooked straightforward application of velocity reciprocity to a triplet of inertial frames in collinear motion identifies the ratio of their cyclic relative velocities' sum to the negative product as a cosmic invariant, whose inverse…

General Physics · Physics 2020-04-14 Brian Coleman

In the article, the deformation of special relativity within the frame of conformable derivative is formulated. Within this context, the two postulates of the theory were re-stated. And, the addition of velocity laws were derived and used…

Classical Physics · Physics 2022-08-31 Ahmed Al-Jamel , Mohamed. Al-Masaeed , Eqab. M. Rabei , Dumitru Baleanu

The invariance of the speed of light in all inertial frames - the second postulate of special theory of relativity (STR) - is shown to be an inevitable consequence of the relativity principle of special theory of relativity taken in…

Popular Physics · Physics 2011-11-29 Harihar Behera , Gautam Mukhopadhyay

Symmetries and transformations are explored in the framework of entropic quantum dynamics. Two conditions arise that are required for any transformation to qualify as a symmetry. The heart of this work lies in the application of these…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-20 David T. Johnson , Ariel Caticha

The Lorentz Transformations are derived without any linearity assumptions and without assuming that y and z coordinates transform in a Galilean manner. Status of the invariance of the speed of light is reduced from a foundation of the…

General Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Rostislav Polishchuk