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Hi, I was wondering what Lorenz Factors are. Can someone give me a simple definition?
"Lorentz" not "Lorenz"..... Not all spelling mistakes matter but this one does because Ludwig Lorenz and Hendrik Lorentz are different people.Hi, I was wondering what Lorenz Factors are. Can someone give me a simple definition?
I spent the summer after high school trying to figure that out from scratch. I finally got it, but doing the whole thing with just a generic linear transformation (x = ax' + bt', t = ft' + gx') a year later was much more satisfying.Also, Google for "light clock". You can derive the Lorentz transforms (including the Lorentz factor, ##\gamma##) with no maths beyond Pythagoras' Theorem.
"Lorentz" not "Lorenz"..... Not all spelling mistakes matter but this one does because Ludwig Lorenz and Hendrik Lorentz are different people.