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The theory of special relativity replaces the Galilean group with the Poincaré group. This makes the equations of motion of a particle in an external field only slightly more complicated. However, physics at high velocities looks quite different from its nonrelativistic limit.
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Thirring, W., Harrell, E. (1978). Relativistic Motion. In: A Course in Mathematical Physics 1. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-8526-1_5
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