## Relativistic Electrodynamics
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Prerequisites

- Electrodynamics

Objectives

- Know the postulates of Special Relativity
- Understand time dilation and Lorentz contraction
- Know how to operate Lorentz transformations
- Know covariant and contravariant four-vectors and their scalar product
- Understand proper time and proper velocity
- Understand relativistic momentum and energy
- Know Newton's law (relativistic case) and the Minkowski force
- Understand how relativity relates electricity and magnetism
- Know how electromagnetic fields transform under a Lorentz transformation
- Know the field tensor and its dual
- Know Maxwell's equations in relativistic notation

### In this section:

- Special Relativity red.sr
- Relativistic Mechanics red.rm
- Relativistic Electromagnetism red.rem

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Author: Jean-Sébastien Caux

Created: 2022-03-24 Thu 08:42