Portfolios Wiki texts:relbook http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/ 2020-01-26T23:10:53-08:00 Portfolios Wiki http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/ http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2019-02-28T20:06:07-08:00 texts:relbook:errata http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/texts:relbook:errata?rev=1551413167 The Geometry of Special Relativity Errata (Last update: 2/28/19) ``''``''``...''``...''``''--(ss)``''``'' \[ \tan\theta' = \frac{u_y'}{u_x'} = \frac{u_y}{u_x-v} = \frac{\tan\theta}{1-\frac{v}{u\cos\theta}} = \frac{u\sin\theta}{u\cos\theta-v} \] text/html 2013-04-01T09:36:45-08:00 texts:relbook:relbook http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/texts:relbook:relbook?rev=1364834205 The Geometry of Special Relativity This short book treats the geometry of hyperbolas as the key to understanding special relativity. This approach can be summarized succinctly as the replacement of the ubiquitous $\gamma$ symbol of most standard treatments with the appropriate hyperbolic trigonometric functions. In most cases, this not only simplifies the appearance of the formulas, but emphasizes their geometric content in such a way as to make them almost obvious. Furthermore, many impor… text/html 2013-04-01T09:36:45-08:00 texts:relbook:start http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/texts:relbook:start?rev=1364834205 The Geometry of Special Relativity This short book treats the geometry of hyperbolas as the key to understanding special relativity. This approach can be summarized succinctly as the replacement of the ubiquitous $\gamma$ symbol of most standard treatments with the appropriate hyperbolic trigonometric functions. In most cases, this not only simplifies the appearance of the formulas, but emphasizes their geometric content in such a way as to make them almost obvious. Furthermore, many impor…