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This is a concise survey of the history of the relativity theory from the Galileo relativity principle to the general formulation of the theory of relativity by Ignatowski.
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Petrov, V.A. Relativity Theory: Genesis and Completion. Phys. Part. Nuclei 54, 977–983 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063779623050180
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