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Newtonian Spacetime

Newtonian Spacetime differs from Relativistic spacetime in that time is considered an absolute (i.e. t=tt^{\prime} = t). Transformations between reference frames can be achieved with Galilean transformations. A particle traveling along the x axis in SS at a constant speed u, has a speed uu^{\prime} found by:

ux=dxdt=dxdt=dxdtv=uxv\begin{equation} u^{\prime}_{x} = \frac{dx^{\prime}}{dt^{\prime}} = \frac{dx^{\prime}}{dt} = \frac{dx}{dt} - v = u_{x} - v\tag{1} \end{equation}

remembering that the first derivative of position is velocity, and the second derivative of motion is acceleration

[1][1] is derived from x=xvtx^{\prime} = x - vt of the Galilean transformations.

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