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Postulates of Special Relativity

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  1. The laws of physics are the same in all intertial reference frames
  2. The speed of light in vacuum is measured as being the same in any reference frame
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Time dilation

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Length contraction

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Lorentz tranformations on space

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Lorentz tranformation on time

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Relativistic velocity addition formula

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Relativistic momentum

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Relativistic energy

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Relativistic energy and momentum

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Lorentz factor (gamma)

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Relativistic Kinetic Energy

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Rest energy

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Four-position

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Lorentz transformation matrices

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Four-momentum

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Four current density

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Wave four-vector

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Invariant (scalar / dot) product

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Invariant interval types

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Square of the four momentum

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Relativistic Doppler shift

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Common beta and gamma values

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Getting beta from relativistic Doppler shift

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Ratio of relativistic doppler shifted freqencies for common beta values

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Relativistic gamma value for a particle given the energy

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