Re: New Website: www.spoonfedrelativity.com

From: Spoonfed (jonathan.doolin_at_spoonfedrelativity.com)
Date: 02/11/05 

Date: 11 Feb 2005 09:35:15 -0800

Spoonfed wrote:

> I think Lorentz invariance means the phase would not change under a
> Lorentz Transformation and classical invariance would mean that it
> doesn't change under a Galilean transformation. Am I on the wrong
> track? I don't think you can have it both ways unless you have
> something that's not moving.

Oops: No velocity is preserved under a galilean transformation. Only
time is preserved.

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