Need help with an equation

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Need help with an equation

Unread post by Fahim » Sun Jan 01, 2012 5:18 am

I didn't where to post this, but anyway I was reading Zafar Iqbal's book on theory of relativity @ http://www.deshiboi.com/listing_summery ... ing_id=581 and One thing I didn't get is this at page 11 it says
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\[t=\frac{\sqrt{v^2t^2+D^2}}{c}\]

that can also be written as
\[c^2t^2=v^2t^2+D^2\]
or
\[c^2-v^2=D^2\]

How do you get the third result \[c^2-v^2=D^2\] from? :?:

I know I am missing something, can you guys help me? Thanks

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Re: Need help with an equation

Unread post by Moon » Sun Jan 01, 2012 10:53 pm

Apparently this is a typo. We have $(c^2-v^2)t^2=D^2$. In fact, $c^2-v^2=D^2$ is dimensionally incorrect.
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Re: Need help with an equation

Unread post by sm.joty » Sun Jan 01, 2012 11:02 pm

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Re: Need help with an equation

Unread post by Fahim » Sun Jan 01, 2012 11:58 pm

Thanks so much @Moon and @sm.joty

It makes sense now. @sm.joty can you also tell me typo for Muon, Thanks!

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Re: Need help with an equation

Unread post by sm.joty » Mon Jan 02, 2012 1:46 am

Actually at this moment I haven't the book. So can't help you now but if you read carefully all the equation then you will find a bug in "MUON". :D
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Re: Need help with an equation

Unread post by sm.joty » Wed Jan 04, 2012 12:01 pm

sm.joty wrote:Actually at this moment I haven't the book. So can't help you now but if you read carefully all the equation then you will find a bug in "MUON". :D
Oups there's a grammatical mistake. :D
Whatever actually this time I don't have this book so I can't help you @Fahim. :oops:
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