Invariance, symmetry and invariant quantities are in the essence, heart and core of Physmatics. Let me begin this post with classical physics. Newton’s fundamental law reads: Suppose two different frames obtained by a pure translation in space: … Continue reading
We will generalize the entropic gravity approach to include higher dimensions in this post. The keypoint from this theory of entropic gravity, according to Erik Verlinde, is that gravity does not exist as “fundamental” force and it is a derived … Continue reading
In 2010, Erik Verlinde made himself famous once again. Erik Verlinde is a theoretical physicist who has made some contributions to String Theory. In particular, the so-called Verlinde formula. However, this time was not apparently a contribution related to string … Continue reading
My final article dedicated to the memory of Neil Armstrong. The idea is to study quantitatively the relativistic rocket motion with numbers, after all we have deduced the important formulae, and we will explain what is happening in the two … Continue reading
The second post in this special thread of 3 devoted to Neil Armstrong memory has to do with rocketry. Firstly, for completion, we are going to study the motion of a rocket in “vacuum” according to classical physics. Then, we … Continue reading
Hi, everyone! This is the first article in a thread of 3 discussing accelerations in the background of special relativity (SR). They are dedicated to Neil Armstrong, first man on the Moon! Indeed, accelerated motion in relativity has some interesting … Continue reading
In euclidean two dimensional space, rotations are easy to understand in terms of matrices and trigonometric functions. A plane rotation is given by: where the rotation angle is , and it is parametrized by . Interestingly, in minkovskian … Continue reading