Relativistic Point Dynamics

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Dedication, Page v
PREFACE, Pages ix-xxxvi
NOTATION, Pages xxxvii-xxxix
CHAPTER I - FUNDAMENTAL EQUATIONS, Pages 3-30
CHAPTER II - TRANSFORMATION OF THE MAIN QUANTITIES; FOUR-VECTORS, Pages 31-49
CHAPTER III - RELATIVISTIC DECOMPOSITION OF FORCE (HEAVISIDE, THOMSON, LORENTZ), Pages 50-65
CHAPTER IV - FIELDS OF FORCE DERIVABLE FROM SCALAR POTENTIALS, Pages 66-77
CHAPTER V - FIELDS OF FORCE DERIVABLE FROM A SCALAR POTENTIAL AND A VECTOR POTENTIAL, Pages 78-93
CHAPTER VI - VARIATIONAL METHODS: EQUATIONS OF MOTION, Pages 94-115
CHAPTER VII - VARIATIONAL METHODS: EQUATIONS FOR FIELDS, Pages 116-127
CHAPTER VIII - TRANSFER OF THE EQUATIONS OBTAINED BY VARIATIONAL METHODS INTO THE MINKOWSKI CONTINUUM, Pages 128-133
CHAPTER IX - ANALYSIS OF THE CONCEPTS OF FORCE AND MASS, Pages 134-152
CHAPTER X - THE INTERACTION BETWEEN TWO ELECTRIC CHARGES. THE RELATIVISTIC RECONSTRUCTION OF ELECTROMAGNETISM, Pages 153-209
CHAPTER XI - RECONSIDERATION OF THE EQUIVALENCE OF MASS AND ENERGY; VARIOUS ASPECTS, Pages 213-221
CHAPTER XII - FUNDAMENTAL POSTULATES AND GENERAL THEOREMS, Pages 222-237
CHAPTER XIII - THE ACTION THAT MODIFIES THE PROPER MASS DOES NOT AFFECT THE VELOCITY, Pages 238-281
CHAPTER XIV - RELATIVISTIC ROCKETS, Pages 282-297
CHAPTER XV - ELASTIC COLLISIONS BETWEEN TWO CORPUSCLES, Pages 301-310,310a,311-321
CHAPTER XVI - THE COMPTON EFFECT, Pages 322-330
CHAPTER XVII - INELASTIC COLLISIONS (NUCLEAR REACTIONS), Pages 331-352,352a,353-362
APPENDIX I - SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL, Pages 363-365
APPENDIX II - (Complementary to Chapter IX), Page 366
APPENDIX III - [247] Complementary References to § [172], Pages 367-368
APPENDIX IV - [248] Some Recent References on the Compton Effect (complementary to § [220]), Page 369
APPENDIX V - [248] Some Recent References on the Compton Effect (complementary to § [220]), Page 369
APPENDIX VI - Complementary References to §§[40], [186] and [187]: (the force transformation, the jointed lever and the rod), Page 370
A LIST OF WORKS BY THE AUTHOR, Page 371
AUTHOR INDEX, Pages 373-376