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Chapter 7: Dynamics

Chapter 7: Dynamics

pp. 125-144

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, University of Glasgow
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Summary

In the , we have learned how to describe motion; we now want to explain it. In newtonian mechanics, we do this by defining quantities such as momentum, energy, force and so on. To what extent can we do this in the context of relativity, with our new 4-vector tools?

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