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Volume 27: Pages 554-557, 2014
Transmission property of spacetime transformation determines possible forms of coordinate transformations
Mai-Lin Lianga)and Li-Fang Xu
Department of Physics, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, People’s Republic of China
In special relativity, one property related to the principle of relativity is stressed: If the spacetime transformation between the first and second inertial reference frames and that between the second and third ones has the same form, the spacetime transformation between the first and third inertial reference frames will be in the same form too. This is the transmission property of spacetime transformation. It is just this property that determines the possible form of spacetime transformation.
Dans la relativité restreinte une propriété liée au principe de relativité est souligné: Si les transformations espace-temps entre le première et deuxième cadre de référence inertiel et entre le deuxième et troisième ont la même forme, la transformation de l'espace-temps entre le premier et troisième cadre de référence inertiel sera dans la même forme aussi. C'est la propriété de transmission de transformation espace-temps. C'est justement cette propriété qui détermine la forme possible de la transformation de l'espace-temps.
Key words: Special Relativity; Spacetime Transformation; Lorentz Transformation; Inertial Reference Frame; Homogeneity of Space; Principle of Relativity.
Received: January 17, 2014; Accepted: September 12, 2014; Published Online: September 26 2014
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