7: Coordinates

7.1: An Example - Accelerated Coordinates
7.2: Transformation of Vectors
7.3: Transformation of the Metric
Continuing with the example of accelerated coordinates, let’s ﬁnd what happens to the metric when we change from Minkowski coordinates.
7.4: Summary of Transformation Laws
7.5: Inertia and Rates of Change
7.6: Volume, Orientation, and the Levi-Civita Tensor
This optional section introduces some geometrical machinery that is used in both special and general relativity.
7.E: Coordinates (Exercises)

Contributors

Benjamin Crowell (Fullerton College). Special Relativity is copyrighted with a CC-BY-SA license.