Modern Physics For Scientists And Engineers
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Author: Taylor, John R. (john Robert), Zafiratos, Chris D., Dubson, Michael Andrew
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Chapter 1, Problem 1.36P
To determine
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The Lorentz transformation equations to give
The Lorentz equation will remain the unchanged while the interchange the primed and unprimed variable and replace
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