Re: why lorentz transformation?


francisco wrote:
> galileo's principle of relativity states that the laws of mechanics should
> be the same for all inertial observers. and indeed, newtonian mechanics is
> unchanged under galilean transformations. the problem is that maxwellian
> electrodynamics is not the same in every inertial frame under that
> transformation. so what to do? find a set of transformations under which
> both mechanics and electrodynamics are the same for all inertial frames.
> this leads to the lorentz transformation.

Since Maxwell's equations don't predict radiation either but your
radio works, it is probably not worth loosing sleep over their
shortcomings. Certainly it is no excuse to replace physics with magic.

http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0204034
http://farside.ph.utexas.edu/teaching/em1/lectures/node46.html

Sue...

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