Re: My Quests on Learning Lorentz Transformation

Thanks, your explanation is very plausible. But, I think, the real
problem is not how to derive, but lays in using common sense to
interpret the above function.

If I try to quantify, for example x and x' in metre, t and t' in
second, the functions :

{ Dt = A Dt' + B Dx'
{ Dx = C Dt' + D Dx'

Suggests the addition of time quantity toward distance quantity, i.e.
how to make sense, for example 5 seconds + 7 metres ?

Unless I am using another perspective by assuming that x, x', t, t'
belongs to the same classification, then the above function can be
accepted, or do I miss some important aspect regarding this ?

Rgds
Eka S.

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