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From: Martin Brown on 8 Jun 2010 17:40 On 08/06/2010 22:16, Me, ...again! wrote: > > > On Wed, 9 Jun 2010, Peter Webb wrote: > >>>> > Is the Lorentz transform is unique among them >>>> > because it satisfies the principle of relativity? >> >> If you accept Maxwell's equations to be correct, then the answer is >> yes, because Maxwell's equations transform using Lorentz and so by >> equivalence everything else you can measure must transform in the same >> way. > > Let me ask something: Has there been _ANY_ questioning at all of > Maxwell's Equations by ANYbody since these equations were written? Just about anybody who has ever done a physics degree and most of them do manage to figure out how to derive the equation for EM waves without too much difficulty. The surprise when Maxwell originally derived them was that c^2 was invariant - an unexpected result at that time! We are still waiting for observations of a magnetic monopole. You can play devious games with the group and phase velocity if you want in dispersive media. The strict interpretation of Einsteins relativity is that signals cannot propagate faster than the speed of light and that has always been observed to be true. Although some practitioners have claimed FTL signals by quantum tunnelling I don't think anyone really believes them. See #11 in FTL FAQ http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/Relativity/SpeedOfLight/FTL.html#7 Regards, Martin Brown |