Using Three-Dimensional Spacetime Diagrams in Special Relativity

Citeable URL: https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/articles/5425kb345

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Attribute Name	Values
Creator	Dray, Tevian
Abstract	We provide several examples of the use of geometric reasoning with three-dimensional spacetime diagrams, rather than algebraic manipulations using three-dimensional Lorentz transformations, to analyze problems in special relativity. This is an author's peer-reviewed final manuscript, as accepted by the publisher. The published article is copyrighted by American Association of Physics Teachers and can be found at: http://ajp.aapt.org/. Keywords: Teaching, Lorentz transformation, Physics education, Space-time configurations
Resource Type	Article
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4812591
Date Available	2013-09-11T00:37:46+00:00
Date Issued	2013-08
Citation	Dray, T. (2013). Using three-dimensional spacetime diagrams in special relativity. American Journal of Physics, 81(8), 593-596. doi:10.1119/1.4812591
Journal Title	American Journal of Physics
Journal Volume	81
Journal Issue/Number	8
Academic Affiliation	Mathematics
Urheberrechts-Erklärung	Copyright Not Evaluated
Funding Statement (additional comments about funding)	Supported in part by NSF grants DUE{965320, 0231194, 0618877, and 1023120.
Publisher	American Association of Physics Teachers
Peer Reviewed	Yes
Language	English [eng]
Replaces	http://hdl.handle.net/1957/42452