HackerPapers

arXiv:2408.07036gr-qc

Visual relativistic mechanics

Karol Urbański

HN submission. Found in a submission link or body. Submitters do not count as commenters in the main ranking; a submission is not an endorsement.

Abstract

This article shows how to express relativistic concepts in a visual manner using the full power of hyperbolic trigonometric functions. Minkowski diagrams in energy-momentum space are used in conjunction with hyperbolic triangles. Elegant new derivations of the relativistic rocket equation and the relativistic Doppler effect are presented that use this visual approach.

arXiv comments
12 pages, 11 figures
Journal reference
DOI
doi:10.1119/5.0233466
Subjects
gr-qcGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology physics.class-phClassical Physics physics.ed-phPhysics Education

On Hacker News

No comments linking this paper were found in the collected sources. Found in 1 HN submission from Aug 2024 to Aug 2024. Open submission discussions.

Comments linking this paper, per year.

Discussed in comments0 threads

No comments linking this paper were found in the collected sources. Open submission discussions.

Submitted to Hacker News

Connected through shared HN threads, not inferred similarity or a recommendation.