Conceptual Foundations of Special and General Relativity
| dc.creator | Francis, Charles | |
| dc.date | 1999-09-23 | |
| dc.date | 1999-09-28 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T05:57:21Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T05:57:21Z | |
| dc.description | The k-calculus was advocated by Hermann Bondi as a means of explaining special relativity using only GCSE level mathematics and ideas. We review the central derivations, using proofs which are only a little more elegant than those in Bondi's books, and extend his development to include the scalar product and the mass shell condition. As used by Bondi, k is the Doppler red shift, and we extend the k calculus to include the gravitational red shift and give a derivation of Newton's law of gravity using only 'A' level calculus and basic quantum mechanics. | |
| dc.description | 9 pages, 12 diagrams | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/9909048 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/9909048 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/87955 | |
| dc.subject | General Physics | |
| dc.title | Conceptual Foundations of Special and General Relativity | |
| dc.type | text |