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= Table of contents =

The principle of relativity
 * Introduction
 * The Principle of Relativity
 * Frames of reference, events and transformations
 * Special relativity
 * The postulates of special relativity

Spacetime
 * The spacetime interpretation of special relativity
 * Spacetime
 * The lightcone
 * The Lorentz transformation equations
 * The relativity of simultaneity and the Andromeda paradox
 * The twin paradox
 * Addition of velocities

Relativistic dynamics
 * Introduction
 * Momentum
 * Force
 * Mass and energy

Light propagation and the aether
 * Introduction
 * The aether drag hypothesis
 * The Michelson-Morley experiment

Mathematical approach to special relativity
 * Introduction
 * Mathematical techniques
 * Vectors
 * Matrices
 * Linear Transformations
 * Indicial Notation
 * Analysis of curved surfaces and transformations
 * Four vectors
 * The Lorentz transformation
 * The linearity and homogeneity of spacetime
 * The Lorentz transformation
 * Length contraction, time dilation and phase
 * Hyperbolic geometry
 * Addition of velocities
 * Acceleration transformation
 * Relativistic dynamics
 * Introduction
 * Momentum
 * Relativistic Mass

Appendices
 * Mathematics of the Lorentz Transformation Equations

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=Introduction=

=The principle of relativity =

=Spacetime=

=Simultaneity, time dilation and length contraction=

Simultaneity, time dilation and length contraction

=Dynamics=

=aether=

=mathematical approach=

=Waves=

=Mathematical Transformations=

=Mathematical Appendix=

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