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arxiv: 1401.1398 · v1 · pith:6SWOQX43new · submitted 2013-12-28 · 🌀 gr-qc · physics.class-ph

A map between Galilean relativity and special relativity

classification 🌀 gr-qc physics.class-ph
keywords relativityspecialgalileanargumentbeyondconnectscorrespondencecorresponding
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A map is discussed that connects, in 1+1 dimensions, Galilei's relativity to Einstein's special relativity. By means of this map it is possible to derive special-relativistic formulas from the corresponding Galilean ones. Beyond being interesting on its own, this map is also significant with respect to a recent debate on the extension of relativistic symmetries to the Planck scale (especially in the framework of the so-called doubly special relativity). The map in fact provides an explicit example of how can be misleading to interpret a mathematical correspondence between two relativity schemes as an argument in favor of their physical equivalence.

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