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From the Galilean description of motion for a frame of reference moving relative to another frame considered stationary we know that
 
From the Galilean description of motion for a frame of reference moving relative to another frame considered stationary we know that
  
<center><math>t=t'</math></center>
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<center><math>t\equals t'</math></center>
 
<center><math>x=x'</math></center>
 
<center><math>x=x'</math></center>
 
<center><math>y=y'</math></center>
 
<center><math>y=y'</math></center>

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Relativistic Frames of Reference

From the Galilean description of motion for a frame of reference moving relative to another frame considered stationary we know that

[math]t\equals t'[/math]
[math]x=x'[/math]
[math]y=y'[/math]
[math]z=z'+vt[/math]



Galilean Frames of Reference
Figure 2.1: Primed reference frame moving in the z direction with velocity v.




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