Math Amateur's latest activity
-
Math Amateur replied to the thread I A. P. French "Matter and Radiation: The Inertia of Energy".I note that Young writes that 1-7 is a postulate or assumption ... so we do not have to prove it ... and ... if you assume 1-7 to be... -
Math Amateur replied to the thread I A. P. French "Matter and Radiation: The Inertia of Energy".Well, I was having some difficulty proving 1-7 ... BUT ... I note that Young writes that 1-7 is a postulate or assumption ... so we do...
-
Math Amateur reacted to PeroK's post in the thread I A. P. French "Matter and Radiation: The Inertia of Energy" with
Like.
What specifically is not clear? Once you get the idea that light has momentum and that the centre of mass should not move, the... -
Math Amateur reacted to Ibix's post in the thread I A. P. French "Matter and Radiation: The Inertia of Energy" with Like.
1-7 is just requiring that the center of mass doesn't move. A mass ##m## has moved one distance and a mass ##M## has moved another, but...
-
Math Amateur posted the thread I A. P. French "Matter and Radiation: The Inertia of Energy" in Special and General Relativity.I am reading A. P. French's book: "Special Relativity". Currently I am focused on the section: "Matter and Radiation: The Inertia of...
-
-
Math Amateur replied to the thread I Construct a Diagram that Illustrates The Galilean Law of Addition of Velocities.Thanks ibix ... will study these pages shortly ...
-
Math Amateur reacted to Ibix's post in the thread I Construct a Diagram that Illustrates The Galilean Law of Addition of Velocities with Like.
Pages 16 and 17.
-
Math Amateur replied to the thread I Construct a Diagram that Illustrates The Galilean Law of Addition of Velocities.Thank you for your help, Orodruin, very much appreciate your help ... Peter
-
Math Amateur reacted to Orodruin's post in the thread I Construct a Diagram that Illustrates The Galilean Law of Addition of Velocities with Like.
Googled ”velocity addition vector”. Lots of hits, including https://pressbooks.online.ucf.edu/phy2053bc/chapter/addition-of-velocities/
-
Math Amateur reacted to PeterDonis's post in the thread I Construct a Diagram that Illustrates The Galilean Law of Addition of Velocities with Like.
First, that's going to be hard to do unless you can be more specific about your requirements. "Accurate and pedagogically effective" is...
-
Math Amateur posted the thread I Construct a Diagram that Illustrates The Galilean Law of Addition of Velocities in Special and General Relativity.I am reading "A First Course in General Relativity" by Bernard Schutz. In Chapter1 on Special Relativity Shutz writes: "... the...
-
Math Amateur posted the thread Scan Text from book ... edit text and then Post the edited scan in General Discussion.Some time ago I used to scan text from books, edit the text, and then post the text ... often in the middle of my typed input text ...
-
Math Amateur replied to the thread Relativity Reviews of “Gravity: An Introduction to Einstein’s General Relativity”.Thanks so much, PeroK .... that is most helpful ... Peter
-
Math Amateur reacted to PeroK's post in the thread Relativity Reviews of “Gravity: An Introduction to Einstein’s General Relativity” with Like.
It's probably the most accessible serious introduction to GR. And possibly the best for self-study. GR, however, is not an easy...
-
Math Amateur posted the thread Relativity Reviews of “Gravity: An Introduction to Einstein’s General Relativity” in Science and Math Textbooks.TL;DR Summary: Review/Rating of “Gravity … … “ by James B. Hartle Thoughts regarding prerequisites for reading this book I would be...
