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Deterministic particle motion can also be studied in a relativistic context. We will do this in the present chapter. However, only pertinent concepts from special relativity will be defined and applied. In addition, we will concentrate on the fundamental problem of motion in one space dimension.
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Greenspan, D. (1997). Special Relativistic Motion. In: Particle Modeling. Modeling and Simulation in Science, Engineering & Technology. Birkhäuser Boston. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1992-7_17
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