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We shall derive the Lorentz transformation by physical arguments. Let us pretend for a short while that we do not know about Minkowski space-time and Minkowski coordinates. Instead, we are aware of space and time and inertial frames of reference. An inertial observer, an idealized point observer subject to no forces, is assumed to follow a straight line in Euclidean space E3.
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Das, A. (1993). The Lorentz Transformation. In: The Special Theory of Relativity. Universitext. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0893-8_3
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