About the foundations of the special theory of relativity
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: About the foundations of the special theory of relativity
zbMATH Open document ID: 0553.53043
DOI: 10.1007/BF02844501
author: Alexandru Brezuleanu
author: Dan-Constantin Rǎdulescu
publication date: 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z
review text: The principle of the constancy of the velocity of light propagation is used to introduce a differentiable structure on the universe of events E. Namely, using a theorem proved by \textit{I. Popovici} and the second author [Ann. Inst. Henri Poincaré, Nouv. Sér., Sect. A 35, 131-148 (1981; Zbl 0476.51014)] and some axioms imposed to E it is shown how E can be endowed with an atlas such that the coordinate transformations between the charts of this atlas are given by conformal (or Weyl) transformations.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 53C80
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 83A05
zbMATH DE Number: 3881445
zbMATH Keywords: constancy of the velocity of light
zbMATH Keywords: differentiable structure on the universe
zbMATH Keywords: coordinate transformations
MaRDI profile type: Publication
cites work: Q3933552
cites work: An axiomatic system for Minkowski space–time
full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02844501
OpenAlex ID: W2032238043
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