Conceptual Derivation of The Universal Acceleration Plot
  • Copyright (1970-95) by Phil Fraundorf
  • Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, University of Missouri-StL, St. Louis MO 63121-4499
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  • At UM-StLouis see also: accel1, cme, programs, stei-lab, & wuzzlers.
  • More on this: derivations, slow-example, fast-example&twins, x-tv Plots, x-ct Plots, 4-vectors, rap.
  • For source, cite URL at http://newton.umsl.edu/~philf/c3pderiv.html
  • Version release date: 22 Mar 1996.

    This is a derivation first presented at a UM-StL Physics & Astronomy Journal Club presentation in March 1996, and then incorporated into our poster for the March 1996 American Physical Society Meeting. The posting here will begin with some scratch GIF files with figure labels missing, and be updated and improved for reference by students, educators, and textbook authors as time permits. For now, better plots may be found on the related pages listed above.

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