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Exact Thomas precession related solutions of the inertial navigation equations

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The aim of the present paper is to give a survey of those exact solutions of relativistic inertial navigation equations which are directly or indirectly related to Thomas precession. Various cases of uniform circular motion of an object in gravity-free space close to motion with inertial or orbital attitude are considered.

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Original Russian Text © V.F. Chub, 2014, published in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Mekhanika Tverdogo Tela, 2014, No. 2, pp. 3–18.

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Chub, V.F. Exact Thomas precession related solutions of the inertial navigation equations. Mech. Solids 49, 113–126 (2014). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0025654414020010

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