From 33b16985f884797cfcfd65979d848ee07776d3c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: bnewbold Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 10:08:57 +0000 Subject: weeeoooo --- physics/special-relativity.page | 32 ++++++++++++++------------------ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) (limited to 'physics') diff --git a/physics/special-relativity.page b/physics/special-relativity.page index bb5f564..9d60e3c 100644 --- a/physics/special-relativity.page +++ b/physics/special-relativity.page @@ -1,31 +1,27 @@ ---- -format: rst -categories: physics -toc: no -... - -=========================== Special Relativity =========================== -.. warning:: This is a rough work in progress!! Likely to be factual errors, +Warning: This is a rough work in progress!! Likely to be factual errors, poor grammar, etc. -.. note:: Most of this content is based on a 2002 Caltech course taught by - Kip Thorn [PH237]_ +References: Most of this content is based on a 2002 Caltech course taught by + Kip Thorn [PH237] As opposed to general relativity, special relativity takes place in a *flat* Minkowski space time: a 4-space with three spatial dimensions and one time dimension. --------------- -------- --------- -Index notation Variable Type --------------- -------- --------- - $x^0$ $t$ Time - $x^1$ $x$ Spatial - $x^2$ $y$ Spatial - $x^3$ $z$ Spatial --------------- -------- --------- +---------------- ----------- --------- +Index notation Variable Type +---------------- ----------- --------- + $x^0$ $t$ Time + + $x^1$ $x$ Spatial + + $x^2$ $y$ Spatial + + $x^3$ $z$ Spatial +---------------- ----------- --------- Separations ------------- -- cgit v1.2.3