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The following is a quote from The Routledge History of Philosophy, Vol IX, Pages 219-220.
By the end of the nineteenth century, however, it had become clear that there was a transformation under which the laws of electromagnetism were covariant. This was the Lorentz transformation. The situation had now become very interesting. The Maxwell laws of electromagnetism are covariant with respect to the transformation of Lorentz but not with respect to that of Galileo. The laws of mechanics are covariant with respect to the transformation of Galileo but not with respect to that of Lorentz. Both are covariant with respect to the Cusan trnsformation, but this was taken to be so obvious as not to be worth remarking.
What is the Cusan transformation.
Matheinste
The following is a quote from The Routledge History of Philosophy, Vol IX, Pages 219-220.
By the end of the nineteenth century, however, it had become clear that there was a transformation under which the laws of electromagnetism were covariant. This was the Lorentz transformation. The situation had now become very interesting. The Maxwell laws of electromagnetism are covariant with respect to the transformation of Lorentz but not with respect to that of Galileo. The laws of mechanics are covariant with respect to the transformation of Galileo but not with respect to that of Lorentz. Both are covariant with respect to the Cusan trnsformation, but this was taken to be so obvious as not to be worth remarking.
What is the Cusan transformation.
Matheinste