What equations are affected by Lorentz Transformations

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Many equations are affected by Lorentz transformations. Time, mass, volume of a moving object, momentum, force etc. I want to know if the following equations are affected by Lorentz transformations:

1. Distance=velocity*time (r=vt)
2. E=hv
3. j*=ot
4. F=G*m1*m2/r^2

Also, is the Newton's Theory of Universal gravitation affected by General Relativity?
 
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I'm not sure what your third equation is but the first one is obviously changed as the time is modified. The second one, I assume you mean [itex]E = \hbar \omega[/itex] which is also modified because the angular frequency is modified. This causes red/blue-shifts. Newton's law of gravitation is modified as well because of the length contraction.

However, Lorentz transformations are a feature of special relativity. General relativity is not so simple.
 
Pengwuino said:
I'm not sure what your third equation is...

Oops. I meant it to be j*=ot^4 where j* is the power radiated and o is sigma, the stefan's constant.

Pengwuino said:
However, Lorentz transformations are a feature of special relativity. General relativity is not so simple.

So [tex]F=G\frac{{m}_{1}{m}_{2}}{{r}^{2}}[/tex] is changed in General Relativty also?

Pengwuino said:
...the first one is obviously changed as the time is modified. The second one, I assume you mean [itex]E = \hbar \omega[/itex] which is also modified because the angular frequency is modified. This causes red/blue-shifts. Newton's law of gravitation is modified as well because of the length contraction.

Thanks.

jtbell said:
General Relativity replaces Newton's theory of gravitation.

So, [tex]F=G\frac{{m}_{1}{m}_{2}}{{r}^{2}}[/tex] is changed in General Relativty?
 
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dimension10 said:
So, [tex]F=G\frac{{m}_{1}{m}_{2}}{{r}^{2}}[/tex] is changed in General Relativty?

Yes, it no longer makes sense to speak of forces in GR.
 
Pengwuino said:
Yes, it no longer makes sense to speak of forces in GR.

But in modern physics, string theory does talk about gravity as a force, right? And in string theory,

[tex]F=G\frac{{m}_{1}{m}_{2}}{{r}^{2}}[/tex]

is still correct right?
 
dimension10 said:
But in modern physics, string theory does talk about gravity as a force, right? And in string theory,

[tex]F=G\frac{{m}_{1}{m}_{2}}{{r}^{2}}[/tex]

is still correct right?

No it isn't.
 
Dimension10, relativity isn't just a matter of putting fudge factors in equations. If you want to learn some relativity, some good books are (from easiest to hardest):

Takeuchi, An Illustrated Guide to Relativity
Mermin, It's About Time: Understanding Einstein's Relativity
Taylor and Wheeler, Spacetime Physics
 
bcrowell said:
Dimension10, relativity isn't just a matter of putting fudge factors in equations. If you want to learn some relativity, some good books are (from easiest to hardest):

Takeuchi, An Illustrated Guide to Relativity
Mermin, It's About Time: Understanding Einstein's Relativity
Taylor and Wheeler, Spacetime Physics

Thanks. I have also read the paper itself but I can't really find his equation for the Gravitational force...
 
dimension10 said:
Thanks. I have also read the paper itself but I can't really find his equation for the Gravitational force...

What paper are you referring to? There is no relativistic equation for gravitational force, because gravity isn't described as a force in relativity.
 
dimension10 said:
Thanks. I have also read the paper itself but I can't really find his equation for the Gravitational force...

Are you maybe talking about an equation describing tidal gravitational forces?