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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To Derive:
The derivation of Lorentz transformation for t' by using the Lorentz equation for x and x'.
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