Molnár, Attila and Székely, Gergely (2013) Axiomatizing Relativistic Dynamics using Formal Thought Experiments. In: UNSPECIFIED.
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Abstract
Thought experiments are widely used in the informal explanation of Relativity Theories; however, they are not present explicitly in formalized versions of Relativity Theory. In this paper, we present an axiom system of Special Relativity which is able to grasp thought experiments formally and explicitly. Moreover, using these thought experiments, we can provide an explicit definition of relativistic mass based only on kinematical concepts and we can geometrically prove the Mass Increase Formula in a natural way, without postulates of conservation of mass and momentum.
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| Keywords: | First-order Modal Logic; Relativistic Dynamics; Thought Experiments; Definition of Mass | |||||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Experimentation General Issues > Laws of Nature Specific Sciences > Mathematics General Issues > Models and Idealization General Issues > Operationalism/Instrumentalism Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory General Issues > Thought Experiments |
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| Depositing User: | Attila Molnar | |||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 03 Aug 2013 08:37 | |||||||||
| Last Modified: | 11 Sep 2014 18:48 | |||||||||
| Item ID: | 9914 | |||||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Experimentation General Issues > Laws of Nature Specific Sciences > Mathematics General Issues > Models and Idealization General Issues > Operationalism/Instrumentalism Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory General Issues > Thought Experiments |
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| Date: | July 2013 | |||||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/9914 |
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