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arxiv: 0804.4160 · v2 · submitted 2008-04-25 · 🧮 math-ph · math.AG· math.MP

On the visual appearance of relativistic objects

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A formula for the apparent rotation of a relativistically moving object has been known for some time, but it seems not to have been realized that this formula has a very pretty interpretation in terms of formal group laws. Version 2 contains a few rather small additions.

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