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<strong>Northeastern</strong>IllinoisUniversityLorentz TransformationsSpecial<strong>Relativity</strong>PostulatesLorentz FactorLorentzTransformationsLT for E & BLT for E & p<strong>General</strong><strong>Relativity</strong>CosmologyyFor two inertial reference frames wherethe second frame moves at v = v 0 î with respect to the first.Sy ′ S ′vE(x, y, t) or (x’,y’,t’)xx ′t ′ = γ(t − vx/c 2 ) t = γ(t ′ + vx ′ /c 2 )x ′ = γ(x − vt) x = γ(x ′ + vt ′ )y ′ = y z = z ′c○2004, 2007 G. Anderson <strong>Physics</strong> III – slide 6 / 37

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