Proper particle mechanics
- 1 October 1974
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Mathematical Physics
- Vol. 15 (10) , 1768-1777
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1666540
Abstract
Spacetime algebra is employed to formulate classical relativis- tic mechanics without coordinates. Observers are treated on the same footing as other physical systems. The kinematics of a rigid body are expressed in spinor form and the Thomas precession is derived.Keywords
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