Excerpt - A formulation for the relativistic Lagrangian was never given by Einstein, Lorentz, or Poincaré, but was actually derived by a number of modern authors [1, 2]. This letter discusses a misconception concerning the currently accepted formulation: it is missing an important constant of integration.
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Title
A Misconception about the Relativistic Lagrangian
Publication Details
Galilean electrodynamics, Vol.17(4), p.72
Resource Type
Letter/Communication
Publisher
Space Time Analyses, Ltd.; United States
Number of pages
1
Identifiers
99380505794206600
Academic Unit
Dr. Muhammad Harunur Rashid Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Hal Marcus College of Science and Engineering