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  2. Relative velocity - Wikipedia

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    Fully legitimate expressions for "the velocity of A relative to B" include "the velocity of A with respect to B" and "the velocity of A in the coordinate system where B is always at rest". The violation of special relativity occurs because this equation for relative velocity falsely predicts that different observers will measure different ...

  3. List of relativistic equations - Wikipedia

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    This is the formula for the relativistic doppler shift where the difference in velocity between the emitter and observer is not on the x-axis. There are two special cases of this equation. The first is the case where the velocity between the emitter and observer is along the x-axis. In that case θ = 0, and cos θ = 1, which gives:

  4. Velocity-addition formula - Wikipedia

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    The special theory of relativity, formulated in 1905 by Albert Einstein, implies that addition of velocities does not behave in accordance with simple vector addition.. In relativistic physics, a velocity-addition formula is an equation that specifies how to combine the velocities of objects in a way that is consistent with the requirement that no object's speed can exceed the speed of light.

  5. Relativistic mechanics - Wikipedia

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    The relativistic four-velocity, that is the four-vector representing velocity in relativity, is defined as follows: ... The relativistic energy–momentum equation ...

  6. Lorentz transformation - Wikipedia

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    The transformation of velocities provides the definition relativistic velocity addition ⊕, the ordering of vectors is chosen to reflect the ordering of the addition of velocities; first v (the velocity of F′ relative to F) then u′ (the velocity of X relative to F′) to obtain u = v ⊕ u′ (the velocity of X relative to F).

  7. Lorentz factor - Wikipedia

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    The Lorentz factor γ is defined as [3] = = = = =, where: . v is the relative velocity between inertial reference frames,; c is the speed of light in vacuum,; β is the ratio of v to c,; t is coordinate time,

  8. Relativistic Euler equations - Wikipedia

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    The equations of motion are contained in the continuity equation of the stress–energy tensor: =, where is the covariant derivative. [5] For a perfect fluid, = (+) +. Here is the total mass-energy density (including both rest mass and internal energy density) of the fluid, is the fluid pressure, is the four-velocity of the fluid, and is the metric tensor. [2]

  9. Mass in special relativity - Wikipedia

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    The relativistic mass is the sum total quantity of energy in a body or system (divided by c 2).Thus, the mass in the formula = is the relativistic mass. For a particle of non-zero rest mass m moving at a speed relative to the observer, one finds =.