I'm interested in relativity and have been a lurker here for some
years. Bought "Spacetime Physics" and tried to read and understand
it, but I am mathematically challenged. I cannot do the math at the
end of each chapter. The last math I took was high school algebra
(hated it) and only managed to pass because I sat next to a smart kid
and I cheated off him.
I've heard that relativity isn't much more that college math, is that
true?
For the special theory, yes.
I was a surveyor and taught myself Trigonometry but I just get nowhere
with relativity.
The maths of special relativity is quite similar to that of trig, mainly
squares, square roots etc. What sort of thing are you having
problems with?
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