Learn About the Speed of Light and Galilean Relativity
Dec 22, 2015 · Some experiments in the 19th and early 20th centuries looked how the velocity of a light source affects the speed of the light emitted from it.
How to prove Galilean invariance - Physics Forums
May 31, 2012 · A Galilean transformation is an automorphism of Galilean space-time \mathbb {R}^ {4} (which is an affine space). In other words, a Galilean transformation is an invertible …
Galilean invariance: Newton's 2nd Law of motion - Physics Forums
May 17, 2017 · Galilean invariance states that Newton's 2nd law of motion remains valid across inertial frames, but it only holds when mass is constant over time. If mass changes, the force …
Understanding the Galilean transformation • Physics Forums
Sep 2, 2020 · For a Galilean transformation G, between two given coordinate systems, with matrix representation where is the rotation transformation, is the relative velocity, is a translation, is a …
Addition of Velocities (Velocity Composition) in Special Relativity
May 20, 2024 · then do the special-relativistic analogue, then do the Galilean analogue (to obtain the familiar but unfortunately-“our common sense” formula). In response to “Construct a …
Galilean relativity vs special relativity • Physics Forums
Oct 12, 2012 · The sentence "in Galilean relativity the speed of light is infinite" should rather say: "in Galilean relativity the invariant speed is infinite, while in Special relativity the invariant …
Can time be another basis vector under Galilean relativity?
Jan 22, 2023 · Some thoughts to support this claim: - The above-mentioned Galilean spacetime interval is useless, since it does not solve any practical problem. - One can say that the …
Order of Galilean Boost / Translation on a wave-function (or fields)
Oct 27, 2024 · A Order of Galilean Boost / Translation on a wave-function (or fields) binbagsss Oct 27, 2024 Boost Galilean Translation
Momentum in Galilean transformation - Physics Forums
Jan 29, 2006 · I need to show that the definition of linear momentum p=mv, has the same form p'=mv' under a Galilean transformation. What does it mean to "show" such a...
FOV for galilean vs keplerian telescope - Physics Forums
Jun 26, 2013 · The discussion centers on the field of view (FOV) differences between Galilean and Keplerian telescopes, with the Galilean design generally having a smaller FOV due to its …