Summary
From the given system of five axioms expressing the mechanical aspect of physical reality there follow the well-known expressions for the mass and the energy of material particles, the existence of the limit-velocity for them and its independency from the relative velocity of the galilean systems of reference, further Einstein’s law of the addition of velocities and the Lorentz-Einstein transformation. Finally it is shown briefly that Newton’s « tempus absolutum verum et mathematicum » is mutually conditioned with the constant mass of material particles and vice versa.
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Da un dato sistema di cinque assiomi che esprimono l’aspetto meccanico della realtà fisica segue la nota espressione per la massa e l’energia delle particelle materiali, l’esistenza di una velocità limite per le particelle e la sua indipendenza dalla velocità relativa dei sistemi di riferimento galileani; inoltre la legge di Einstein per la somma delle velocità e la trasformazione di Lorentz-Einstein. Si dimostra infine brevemente, come il « tempus absolutus verus et mathematicus ’ dipende dalla massa costante delle particelle materiali e viceversa.
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Stiegler, K. On the mechanical foundation of the theory of special relativity. Nuovo Cim 13, 873–879 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02724815
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02724815