C Criado and N Alamo 2005 Eur. J. Phys. 26 611 doi:10.1088/0143-0807/26/4/006
C Criado1 and N Alamo2
Show affiliationsIn this paper, we show how to get the Lorentz transformations from E = mc2, the laws of conservation of energy and momentum, and the special relativity principle. To this end, we first deduce the law of addition of relativistic velocities.
Issue 4 (July 2005)
Received 10 November 2004, in final form 1 February 2005
Published 6 May 2005
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