Principle of relativity
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In physics, the principle of relativity is the requirement that the equations describing the laws of physics have the same form in all admissible frames of reference.
For example, in the framework of special relativity the Maxwell equations have the same form in all inertial frames of reference. In the framework of general relativity the Maxwell equations or the Einstein field equations have the same form in arbitrary frames of reference.
Several principles of relativity have been successfully applied throughout science, whether implicitly (as in Newtonian mechanics) or explicitly (as in Albert Einstein's special relativity and general relativity).
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See also
- Background independence
- Principle of uniformity
- Principle of covariance
- Equivalence principle
- Preferred frame
- Cosmic microwave background radiation
- Special relativity including Introduction to special relativity
- General relativity including Introduction to general relativity
- Galilean relativity
- List of publications in physics: Theory of relativity
- Invariant
- Conjugate diameters
- Newton's Laws
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