Talk:Thomas precession

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error report

Seems to be an error on the canonical form, a (1/c squared) is hanging without a differential, I think it should be dropped Bbharim (talk) 09:42, 25 December 2007 (UTC) bbharim[reply]

Seems to be an error in the form of ds^2. I understand it should be:

(ds)^2=(c dt)^2 - (dr)^2 - (r d phi)^2 - (dz)^2

The present form is lacking the c scaling for dt. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Stephen Elliott (talk • contribs) 19:27, 3 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It's just using units in which c=1, as is commonly done in relativity.--76.167.77.165 (talk) 02:50, 16 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

poor choice of derivation

The derivation is basically copied directly, without credit, from the book by Rindler. It's also a poor choice of derivation. Rindler is introducing the reader to general as well as special relativity, so it makes sense for him to use GR in the derivation. For this article, it would be preferable to give an explanation in terms of special relativity, such as the one in Jackson's Classical Electromagnetism.--76.167.77.165 (talk) 00:25, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The material has been removed as a copyvio. Charvest (talk) 01:14, 16 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]