Projectiles, pendula, and special relativity

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2005-01-08

arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0501023v1

Am.J.Phys. 73 (2005) 433-438

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

9 pages, 5 figures; to appear in American Journal of Physics

Scientific paper

10.1119/1.1862632

The kind of flat-earth gravity used in introductory physics appears in an accelerated reference system in special relativity. From this viewpoint, we work out the special relativistic description of a ballistic projectile and a simple pendulum, two examples of simple motion driven by earth-surface gravity. The analysis uses only the basic mathematical tools of special relativity typical of a first-year university course.

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