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Re: General Theory of Relativity

At 00:48 12/12/98 -0500, J. Epstein wrote:
....
Maxwell's equations are not invariant to the Galilean transformation
because they explicitly contain a velocity, while Newton's laws are
invariant, because they contain only acceleration.

J. Epstein


This is a most interesting, even contrary position.
One often sees the opposing assertion: that Newton has a preferred
coordinate system. I would like to see this position debated, if it
is not yet completely accepted.


brian whatcott <inet@intellisys.net>
Altus OK