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Function gamma

physics/lorentz_transformation_four_vector.py:64–86  ·  view source on GitHub ↗

Calculate the Lorentz factor y = 1 / √(1 - v²/c²) for a given velocity >>> gamma(4) 1.0000000000000002 >>> gamma(1e5) 1.0000000556325075 >>> gamma(3e7) 1.005044845777813 >>> gamma(2.8e8) 2.7985595722318277 >>> gamma(299792451) 4627.49902669495 >>> gam

(velocity: float)

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64def gamma(velocity: float) -> float:
65 """
66 Calculate the Lorentz factor y = 1 / √(1 - v²/c²) for a given velocity
67 >>> gamma(4)
68 1.0000000000000002
69 >>> gamma(1e5)
70 1.0000000556325075
71 >>> gamma(3e7)
72 1.005044845777813
73 >>> gamma(2.8e8)
74 2.7985595722318277
75 >>> gamma(299792451)
76 4627.49902669495
77 >>> gamma(0.3)
78 Traceback (most recent call last):
79 ...
80 ValueError: Speed must be greater than or equal to 1!
81 >>> gamma(2 * c)
82 Traceback (most recent call last):
83 ...
84 ValueError: Speed must not exceed light speed 299,792,458 [m/s]!
85 """
86 return 1 / sqrt(1 - beta(velocity) ** 2)
87
88
89def transformation_matrix(velocity: float) -> np.ndarray:

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transformation_matrixFunction · 0.85

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betaFunction · 0.85

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