Molnár, Attila and Székely, Gergely (2013) Axiomatizing Relativistic Dynamics using Formal Thought Experiments. In: [2013] Foundations of Physics 2013: The 17th UK and European Meeting on the Foundations of Physics (Munich; 29-31 July 2013).
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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 |
| Conferences and Volumes: | [2013] Foundations of Physics 2013: The 17th UK and European Meeting on the Foundations of Physics (Munich; 29-31 July 2013) |
| Depositing User: | Attila Molnar |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Aug 2013 04:37 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Aug 2013 04:37 |
| Item ID: | 9914 |
| URI: | http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/9914 |
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