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Equal-rapidity chain of collinear Lorentz boosts (vN​=ctanh(Nartanh(u/c)))

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If each successive inertial frame moves at the same signed velocity u, with ∣u∣<c, relative to the preceding frame along a common axis, the rapidity adds. The final velocity relative to the first frame is therefore the displayed expression. When u=c/N and N≥2, the limit is ctanh1, since Nartanh(1/N)→1.

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