Foundations of Special Relativity: Kinematic Axioms for Minkowski Space-time (Lecture Notes in Mathematics, 361)

[by] John W. Schutz. Bibliography: P. 312-314. Introduction....Pages 1-6 Kinematic axioms for Minkowski space-time....Pages 7-41 Conditionally complete particles....Pages 42-58 Implications of collinearity....Pages 59-70 Collinear sub-SPRAYS after coincidence....Pages 71-102 Collinear particles....Pages 103-146 Theory of parallels....Pages 147-232 One-dimensional kinematics....Pages 233-249 Three-dimensional kinematics....Pages 250-299 Concluding remarks....Pages 300-301 The aim of this monograph is to give an axiomatic development of Einstein's theory of special relativity from axioms which describe intuitive concepts concerning the kinematic behavior of inertial particles and light signals