0 Space - Time Exchange Invariance : Special Relativity as a Symmetry Principle
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Special relativity is reformulated as a symmetry property of space-time: Space-Time Exchange Invariance. The additional hypothesis of spatial homogeneity is then sufficient to derive the Lorentz transformation without reference to the traditional form of the Principle of Special Relativity. The kinematical version of the latter is shown to be a consequence of the Lorentz transformation. As a dynamical application, the laws of electrodynamics and magnetodynamics are derived from those of electrostatics and magnetostatics respectively. The 4-vector nature of the electromagnetic potential plays a crucial role in the last two derivations.
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