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'ttW$eKW/ j*AIZ^^NE4MG03:R3SH[>.R;ob>XR"RZ[qJ_K`iP^mbM!AhFq::?,(/Qc9c8cM2#\ We can find1 the coefficients of \(A\) by simply demanding that \(S^\prime\) moves relative to \(S\) at constant speed \(u\), and the value of \(c\) is the same in \(S\) and \(S^\prime\). ^;ZQe.>DX$^Q0mh5=GAg%iu0I=N7`Z7H8/-(h&jK0.BnSb&5?K4QN#*F&`4CR,+,d"D_F4arBJH) >NPA-1N1S3B15Zt"$NOj5_.+i^>!m0HTEKPDC?6qGU:i<5:& $ZR#6IXf,(n8/8'%Y[7$&PBtTI+l@gV!It5df8DuliJi;bK)!jJ2a&E%Kk8@T\sDR *B76;U,PUKiUd:[t5 To see how that works, we first calculate the velocity of a moving object in either reference frame, and relate them to each other: \[ df0kNHe$1d,T'V#,jmf'ZKa^`eQ(pO/\RF+R#YD#?nRQVLQP\gM-r\&0 ;$NYr;P=u)O@kN/i"^gpIN\u')ib0jTKF>[+>Gj2g=f@HLH>aeL^8',@>Gp6k_D1h !Tj"S,m-2>RbM8`OJ6OBF9VTd$1H4'om'3 *mPMK>!5*I6OZ1/gHRU=[GV->806OYU]WOLZGG1gs3GJhJq]1INTg L\dZidEd*7UTrLEtib>$c4_B`'&_CHKb+LAo"H=N;RRALQOhO:qXldVM 5.6: The Lorentz Transformation - Physics LibreTexts 2.4\qquad\, t' \quad&=\quad \gamma ( t - x v/c^{2})\\ &=\quad \gamma t'( 1-v^{2}/c^{2}+v^{2}/c^{2}) + \gamma \,x'v/c^{2}\\ b5-I:m0M;G$ifomi^+c)[!k0Qj_1g1*\+K`=Y+P@Zb#o9Jl1cdHkP$;95 '6hK6Gf#oo$V kPKXuD7#u3'gYW!6-T_djQTOJTkk'>+DC0tN$jr(NX6JPNshHh-h^M\q)FZ9o0E!N2QpeS Introduction to the Lorentz transformation In all of the derivations that follow I apply a $(x,\,y,\,z,\,t)$ spacetime coordinate system to the first observer who I call Jane, and a $(x',\,y',\,z',\,t')$ spacetime coordinate system to the second observer who I call Dick. 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