Maxwell Equations and Inertial Transformations
| Scientific Paper | |
|---|---|
| Title | Maxwell Equations and Inertial Transformations |
| Author(s) | Biagio Buonaura |
| Keywords | special relativity; Maxwell equations; conventionality |
| Published | 2004 |
| Journal | Foundations of Physics Letters |
| Volume | 17 |
| Number | 7 |
| No. of pages | 18 |
| Pages | 627-644 |
Abstract
The inertial transformations of the space and time variables have recently been shown to provide a viable alternative description of relativistic phenomena. In the present paper we find the inertial transformations of a force by starting from Newton's law. This allows us to write also the inertial transformations of the electric and magnetic fields. Relative to a moving frame, the Maxwell equations assume a novel velocity-dependent form.