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Mathematics for Physics

Table of contents

  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Electromagnetism
  • 3 Quantum Mechanics
  • 4 Special Relativity
  • 5 Topology
  • 6 Differential Geometry
  • 7 Calculus
  • 8 Functional Analysis
  • 9 Linear Algebra
  • 10 Abstract Algebra
  • 11 Differential Equations
  • 12 Notes
  • 13 Glossary
  • 14 Symbols
  • 15 Constants
  • 16 Index

97 Contracted Length

The length of an object measured by an observer moving relative to it, always shorter than the proper length along the motion.

97.1 References

  1. Knight, R. D. Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach with Modern Physics. Pearson, 2023. — source for the heading explanation.
  • Annihilation
  • Constancy of the Speed of Light
  • Contracted Length
  • Coordinate Transformations
  • Elastic Potential Energy Formula Derivation
  • Electromagnetic Field Transformations
  • Field Tensor
  • Frame
  • Gravitational Potential Energy Formula Derivation
  • Inertial Frame
  • Inertial Reference Frames
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Kinetic Energy Formula Derivation
  • Length Contraction
  • Lorentz Factor
  • Lorentz Transformations
  • Magnetism as a Relativistic Effect
  • Mass-Energy Equivalence
  • Massless Particles
  • Minkowski Metric
  • Minkowski Space
  • Moving Clocks
  • Newtonian Kinetic Energy Formula Derivation
  • Nuclear Energy
  • Particle Creation
  • Photon Energy
  • Potential Energy
  • Potential Energy Formula Derivation
  • Principle of Relativity
  • Proper Length
  • Proper Time
  • Reference Frames
  • Relativistic Electrodynamics
  • Relativistic Kinetic Energy Formula Derivation
  • Relativistic Momentum
  • Relativistic Momentum and Energy
  • Relativity Principle
  • Rest Energy
  • Simultaneity
  • Time Dilation
  • Twin Paradox
96 Constancy of the Speed of Light
98 Coordinate Transformations

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  • 97 Contracted Length
  • 97.1 References

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