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bernhard.rothenstein
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when is a derivation of the Lorentz transformation "good"
There is an inflation of derivations of the Lorentz transformation from "simple", "fastest"...
When is in your oppinion such a derivation good?
In my oppinion it should fulfill the following conditions:
1. It should be based on the two posulates of special relativity,
2. It should convince that a Lorentz transformation relates the space-time coordinates of an event which detected from two inertial reference frames take place at the same point in space (x,y,z;x',y'z') when the clocks of the two frames located at that point read t an d t' respectively.
3. It should reveal the importance of the clock synchronization in the two frames following the clock synchronization procedure proposed by Einstein.
Would you impose other conditions as well?
Thanks for your answer
There is an inflation of derivations of the Lorentz transformation from "simple", "fastest"...
When is in your oppinion such a derivation good?
In my oppinion it should fulfill the following conditions:
1. It should be based on the two posulates of special relativity,
2. It should convince that a Lorentz transformation relates the space-time coordinates of an event which detected from two inertial reference frames take place at the same point in space (x,y,z;x',y'z') when the clocks of the two frames located at that point read t an d t' respectively.
3. It should reveal the importance of the clock synchronization in the two frames following the clock synchronization procedure proposed by Einstein.
Would you impose other conditions as well?
Thanks for your answer