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In this chapter, we examine the kinematics of the special relativistic point particle. That is, we discuss the description of the motion of a particle without explicit reference to the causes of the motion. Because the subject here is confined to kinematics and does not include dynamics, it is possible in general to consider the motion of a single particle of the n-body system. The results in this chapter are important, however, in establishing the covariant theory on both a kinematical and dynamical level in the next two chapters.
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Trump, M.A., Schieve, W.C. (1999). Frame-Dependent Kinematics. In: Classical Relativistic Many-Body Dynamics. Fundamental Theories of Physics, vol 103. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9303-8_2
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