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A Simple Proof of the Lorentz Transformation

Nature volume 157, page 516 (1946)Cite this article

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IT appears that the following proof of the Lorentz transformation, which occurred to me when preparing a lecture on relativity, is not generally known among students of relativity, though I would be surprised if it has not been discovered before.

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    M. D. H. STRAUSS

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STRAUSS, M. A Simple Proof of the Lorentz Transformation. Nature 157, 516 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/157516a0

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