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On the visual appearance of relativistic objects

2008/04/25 by Morava, Jack
#14L05 #83A05 #Algebraic Geometry (math.AG) #FOS: Mathematics #FOS: Physical sciences #Mathematical Physics (math-ph)

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0804.4160

Abstract

A formula for the apparent rotation of a relativistically moving object has been known for some time, but it seems not to have been realized that this formula has a very pretty interpretation in terms of formal group laws. Version 2 contains a few rather small additions.

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