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Can plz. anyone tell me how was lorentz equation derived ?

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Can plz. anyone tell me how was lorentz equation derived ?

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Vikram Saxena

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21 May 2012 19:31:40 IST

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A light-signal, which is proceeding along the positive axis of x, is transmitted according to the equation
x = ct or
Since the same light-signal has to be transmitted relative to k' with the velocity c, the propagation relative to the system k' will be represented by the analogous formula
x'-cl'=0

By adding (or subtracting) equations (3) and (4), and introducing for convenience the constants a and b in place of the constants and where

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