Beta and Gamma Values in Relativity That Are Easy to Use Journal Article)
Morris, Steven L.
Beta and Gamma Values in Relativity That Are Easy to Use Journal Article) - Washington :American Association of Physics Teachers , March 2024 - 214p. - The Physics Teacher Volume 62, Number 3, March 2024 .
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Abstract: Fourteen pairs of β and 1/γ values are presented that each contain seven or fewer digits. For each pair, the associated value of γ is expressed as a fraction whose denominator, multiplied by γ, generates a product with five or fewer digits. Such numbers can be manipulated by handheld calculators without round-off error, permitting exact results for equations involving the factor γ as well as 1/γ in Einstein’s special theory of relativity.
Similar student-friendly examples have recently been published for the calculation of Poynting vectors1 and relativistic velocities.
0031-921X
Special relativity| Testing procedures| Educational assessment
Beta and Gamma Values in Relativity That Are Easy to Use Journal Article) - Washington :American Association of Physics Teachers , March 2024 - 214p. - The Physics Teacher Volume 62, Number 3, March 2024 .
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Abstract: Fourteen pairs of β and 1/γ values are presented that each contain seven or fewer digits. For each pair, the associated value of γ is expressed as a fraction whose denominator, multiplied by γ, generates a product with five or fewer digits. Such numbers can be manipulated by handheld calculators without round-off error, permitting exact results for equations involving the factor γ as well as 1/γ in Einstein’s special theory of relativity.
Similar student-friendly examples have recently been published for the calculation of Poynting vectors1 and relativistic velocities.
0031-921X
Special relativity| Testing procedures| Educational assessment