No Faster-Than-Light Observers
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چکیده
We provide a formal proof within First Order Relativity Theory that no observer can travel faster than the speed of light. Originally reported by Stannett and Németi [1].
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Archive of Formal Proofs
دوره 2016 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016