Einstein and Poincaré: The “fine structure” of special relativity. (Einstein et Poincaré: La “structure fine” de la relativité restreinte.) (French) Zbl 0957.01013
This discusses the two writers’ different relativity principles; their Lorentz transformations; the rigid and deformable rods; measurement-unit-identity and contraction; rest time versus true and local times; events; and brings out the differences between them and their implications, particularly about the dependence of the length scale on position and velocity.
Reviewer: James J.Cross (Parkville)
MSC:
01A60 | History of mathematics in the 20th century |
83-03 | History of relativity and gravitational theory |