Time Dilation

Special Relativity · Part 1

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Table of Contents

  1. 1.The Light Clock Thought Experiment
  2. 2.Deriving the Time Dilation Formula
  3. 3.The Lorentz Factor γ
  4. 4.Proper Time vs. Coordinate Time
  5. 5.Experimental Verification
  6. 6.Preview: The Twin Paradox
  7. 7.Setup
  8. 8.Clock at Rest (Observer A)
  9. 9.Clock Moving (Observer B)
  10. 10.Step-by-Step Derivation

Course Context

This PDF is part of the Special Relativity course on CoursesHub.World. Understand Einstein's special theory of relativity from first principles. Covers spacetime foundations, Lorentz transformations, relativistic mechanics, four-vectors, and the covariant formulation of ...

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