Classical Dynamics of Particles and Systems
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Author: Stephen T. Thornton, Jerry B. Marion
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Chapter 14, Problem 14.3P
Show that the equation
is invariant under a Lorentz transformation but not under a Galilean transformation. (This is the wave equation that describes the propagation of light waves in free space.)
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