On Fri, Apr 16, 2004 at 11:05:34PM -0700, Erin Sharmahd wrote: > correct me if i'm wrong please!
Sorry, can't really do that, because I haven't the desire or energy to formally expound relativity mechanics presently. You're pretty much right anyway. Watch the "Mechanical Universe" lectures on special relativity. Least of all, the Lorentz transofrmations are simple and easy to derive, but the "Mechanical Universe" makes is easier to understand for people who learn best from visual examples. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=lorentz+transformations&btnG=Google+Search http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorentz_transformation http://casa.colorado.edu/~ajsh/sr/construction.html http://www.its.caltech.edu/~tmu/ Justin -- I am the very model of a modern Major-General, I've information vegetable, animal, and mineral, I know the kings of England, and I quote the fights historical >From Marathon to Waterloo, in order categorical; I'm very well acquainted, too, with matters mathematical, I understand equations, both the simple and quadratical, About binomial theorem I'm teeming with a lot o' news, With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse. ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
