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Many derivations of the Lorentz-transformation are known in the literature, and in most of these analyses the basic invariance property is that the speed of light in inertial frames is independent of the motion of the source (PCL). The second set of invariances is governed by the Principle of Relativity (RP) saying that inertial frames cannot be distinguished from each other by internal processes and measurements1). The validity of these two principles reduces the degrees of freedom for the transformation between Cartesian coordinate systems of different inertial frames; detailed analysis uniquely leads to the Lorentz-transformation.
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Pfarr, J. (1981). What do we Know from Light-Experiments About the Principle of Relativity and the Light-Principle?. In: Hartkämper, A., Schmidt, HJ. (eds) Structure and Approximation in Physical Theories. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4109-3_14
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