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are usually of equal offset for both indices of a given matrix. If no definite<br />

specification is made in the text, the default action is to assume a matrix’s<br />

indices to be unit-offset.<br />

The row index for a column vector, and the column index for a row vector,<br />

may be omitted, and the default action is to do so.<br />

A.7.5<br />

Explicit listing of matrix elements<br />

The entries in a matrix may be written out explicitly by arranging them<br />

into a rectangular array surrounded by large parentheses, whereby rows and<br />

columns take on their typographical meaning.<br />

For an example of the listing of matrix elements, see equation (A.54).<br />

A.8 Relativistic mechanics<br />

A.8.1<br />

Lab frames<br />

This thesis does not consider gravitational questions; thus, the spacetime<br />

manifold employed is always flat. The specially relativistic notion of a global<br />

inertial frame is therefore applicable; such a frame is referred to equivalently<br />

as a lab frame or a Lorentz frame.<br />

(The term frame itself connotes the dual concept of a coördinate system<br />

that is globally valid: a frame “moves mechanically” as a rigid whole.)<br />

The definite article is sometimes used to single out a frame that has some<br />

importance for a particular pratical application. In such cases, the phrase<br />

“the lab frame” is used to distinguish this particular Lorentz frame from the<br />

MCLF of the particle in question (see Section A.8.16). However, both frames<br />

are “lab frames”.<br />

On the other hand, the CACS of a particle is not a Lorentz frame (see Section<br />

A.8.17).<br />

Quantities evaluated in a lab frame are described by the adjective lab.<br />

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