Relativity and Cosmology

    

Four-Dimensional Newtonian Relativity

Authors: Kennard Callender

The constancy of the speed of light seems to imply that time and space are not absolute. However, we aim to demonstrate that this is not necessarily the case. In this article, we use Newton's concepts of absolute time and absolute space, along with the hypothesis that physical space is four-dimensional, to construct an alternative formulation of special relativity. We prove this formulation is mathematically equivalent to Einstein's theory by deriving the Lorentz transformation from the Galilean transformation for frames of reference in four-dimensional Euclidean space.

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[v1] 2023-08-09 17:35:46
[v2] 2023-10-10 22:09:10
[v3] 2024-01-02 18:03:00
[v4] 2025-07-02 15:05:54
[v5] 2026-01-10 00:06:10

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