Relativistic force transformation

ID: relativistic-force-transformation

For a particle instantaneously at rest in a primed frame moving at relative to the laboratory, the ordinary three-force transforms as and . The spatial components of the four-force are , whereas its time component is . For a co-moving material segment, length contraction also changes its laboratory length, so transforming total force is not the same as transforming force per unit length.

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