The Special Theory of Relativity
Springer, India, Private Ltd (Verlag)
978-81-322-3559-0 (ISBN)
FAROOK RAHAMAN is associate professor at the Department of Mathematics, Jadavpur University, West Bengal. With over 15 years of experience in teaching and working with various fields of application of relativity, he has supervised so far 14 PhD students. He has about 180 research papers to his credit published in several international journals. Dr. Rahaman has been selected for TWAS UNESCO Associateship, Trieste, Italy, for the period of 2011–2014.In addition, he has also been selected for Associate of IUCAA and Associate of IMSc in 2009. He has been awarded with UGC Post-Doctoral Research Award by the Government of India in 2010. He is co-author of the book Finsler Geometry of Hadrons and Lyra Geometry: Cosmological Aspects, Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany, 2012.
Chapter 1. Pre-Relativity and Galilean Transformation.- Chapter 2. Michelson-Morley Experiment and Velocity of Light.- Chapter 3. Lorentz Transformations.- Chapter 4. Mathematical Properties of Lorentz Transformations.- Chapter 5. More Mathematical Properties of Lorentz Transformations.- Chapter 6. Geometric Interpretation of Spacetime.- Chapter 7. Relativistic Velocity and Acceleration.- Chapter 8. Four Dimensional World.- Chapter 9. Mass in Relativity.- Chapter 10. Relativistic Dynamics.- Chapter 11. Photon in Relativity.- Chapter 12. Relativistic Lagrangian and Hamiltonian.- Chapter 13. Electrodynamics in Relativity.- Chapter 14. Relativistic Mechanics of continua.
Erscheinungsdatum | 22.09.2016 |
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Zusatzinfo | 41 Illustrations, black and white; XV, 249 p. 41 illus. |
Verlagsort | New Delhi |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
Themenwelt | Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Angewandte Mathematik |
Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Geometrie / Topologie | |
Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Mechanik | |
Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Theoretische Physik | |
Schlagworte | Four Dimensional World • Lorentz transformations • Relativistic electrodynamics • relativistic mechanics • Spacetime diagrams • Special theory of relativity |
ISBN-10 | 81-322-3559-2 / 8132235592 |
ISBN-13 | 978-81-322-3559-0 / 9788132235590 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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