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Volume 33: Pages 13-14, 2020
Mathematics shows that the Lorentz transformations are not self-consistent
Jan Slowaka)
Hakarpsvägen 51, 561 38 Huskvarna, Sweden
Einstein’s theory of special relativity is a generally accepted theory that analyses relationships between two inertial reference frames moving at a constant speed against each other. In this work, we analyze the derivation of the Lorentz transformations only from the point of view of mathematics. This analysis comes to contradiction with the original conditions for the derivation of the Lorentz transformations. This leads to the conclusion that the Lorentz transformations are not self-consistent
La théorie de la relativité restreinte d'Einstein est une théorie généralement acceptée analysant les relations entre deux référentiels inertiels se déplaçant à une vitesse constante l'un par rapport à l'autre. Dans ce travail, nous analysons la dérivation des transformations de Lorentz uniquement du point de vue des mathématiques. Cette analyse vient en contradiction avec les conditions initiales pour la dérivation des transformations de Lorentz. Cela conduit à la conclusion que les transformations de Lorentz ne sont pas cohérentes.
Key words: Special Relativity; Lorentz Transformations; Mathematics.
Received August 26, 2019; Accepted: December 4, 2019; Published Online: December 28, 2019
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