Re: When can we use special relativity?


fitz wrote:

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Sue... wrote:
fitz wrote:
When can we use special relativity?

I'd like to have some comments on this.

But I think the simple answer is that we can use special relativity as
long as no force fields are involved.

Any comments?


Fitz

You use SR when there is significant motion in free-space
to cause Maxwell's time independent equations to exhibit
errors due to the finite speed of light. (PoR)

Time-independent Maxwell equations
Time-dependent Maxwell's equations
http://farside.ph.utexas.edu/teaching/em/lectures/lectures.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_space

Sue...

Sue,

I never expected to come across you here. By the way your book has been
sent. Good luck.

Fitz

Many thanks. Don't let the H.G Wells fans try to
convince you that Einstein made beads vanish from
an abacus or any other supernatural stuff. ;-)

Forewarned is four arms... er something like that.
http://wwwcdf.pd.infn.it/~loreti/science.html
http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/pseudo.html

Sue...

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