• the principle of relativity is the requirement that the equations describing the laws of physics have the same form in all admissible frames of reference...
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    In physics, the special theory of relativity, or special relativity for short, is a scientific theory of the relationship between space and time. In Albert...
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    theory of general relativity. The strong form requires Einstein's form to work for stellar objects. Highly precise experimental tests of the principle limit...
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  • The theory of relativity usually encompasses two interrelated physics theories by Albert Einstein: special relativity and general relativity, proposed...
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    In physics, the relativity of simultaneity is the concept that distant simultaneity – whether two spatially separated events occur at the same time –...
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  • to the principle of relativity of Galileo Galilei restating it precisely for mechanical systems. This can be stated as: as far as the laws of mechanics...
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  • Einstein derived the theory of special relativity in 1905, from principle now called the postulates of special relativity. Einstein's formulation is said[by...
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    Albert Einstein presented the theories of special relativity and general relativity in publications that either contained no formal references to previous...
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  • Mach's principle.[page needed] There is a fundamental issue in relativity theory: if all motion is relative, how can we measure the inertia of a body...
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    principle of relativity and the principle of stationary action in mechanics can be used to derive Maxwell's equations, and vice versa. The theory of special...
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  • Galilean relativity states that the laws of motion are the same in all inertial frames of reference. Galileo Galilei first described this principle in 1632...
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    which observes the mediocrity principle, the anthropic principle, the principle of relativity and the cosmological principle. Other well-known principles...
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    General relativity is a theory of gravitation developed by Albert Einstein between 1907 and 1915. The theory of general relativity says that the observed...
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  • special relativity, which was based on a radical new application of the relativity principle in connection with the constancy of the speed of light. In...
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  • that those stars are in fact moving. According to the special principle of relativity, all physical laws look the same in all inertial reference frames...
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  • General relativity, also known as the general theory of relativity and Einstein's theory of gravity, is the geometric theory of gravitation published...
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    transformations. The fourth, a consequence of the theory of special relativity, developed the principle of mass–energy equivalence, expressed in the equation...
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  • Tests of general relativity serve to establish observational evidence for the theory of general relativity. The first three tests, proposed by Albert Einstein...
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  • However, this resulted in a limitation inherent in special relativity: the principle of relativity could only apply to inertial reference frames. To address...
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  • also produced negative results and (guided by Henri Poincaré's principle of relativity) Lorentz tried in 1899 and 1904 to expand his theory to all orders...
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  • subfield of computational physics that aims to establish numerical solutions to Einstein's field equations in general relativity Principle of relativity, used...
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    Einstein's discovery of the gravitational field equations of general relativity and David Hilbert's almost simultaneous derivation of the theory using an...
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  • Ladder paradox (category Special relativity)
    experiment in special relativity. It involves a ladder, parallel to the ground, travelling horizontally at relativistic speed (near the speed of light) and therefore...
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  • The word "mass" has two meanings in special relativity: invariant mass (also called rest mass) is an invariant quantity which is the same for all observers...
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  • absence of gravity History of Lorentz transformations – deep dive into one mathematical aspect of special relativity History of general relativity – history...
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    axes, and a new unit of length is taken proportional to the length of either of these diameters." On this principle of relativity, he then wrote the Lorentz...
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  • two main postulates: The principle of relativity: The form of a physical law is the same in any inertial frame (a frame of reference that is not accelerating...
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  • Twin paradox (category Special relativity)
    moving, and so, as a consequence of an incorrect and naive application of time dilation and the principle of relativity, each should paradoxically find...
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  • In general relativity, a geodesic generalizes the notion of a "straight line" to curved spacetime. Importantly, the world line of a particle free from...
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  • description of the mathematics of general relativity. Note: General relativity articles using tensors will use the abstract index notation. The principle of general...
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