Speed of light or composition of velocities

Maciej Sablik

Published: 2024-03-20

Vol. 38 No. 1 (2024)

Speed of light or composition of velocities

Maciej Sablik

Abstract

We analyze in our paper questions of the theory of relativity. We approach this theory from the point of view of velocities and their composition. This is where the functional equations appear. Solving them leads to a world where velocities are bounded from above, the upper bound being exactly the “speed of light”.

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functional equations , relativity theory , conditional associativity , Hilbert’s fifth problem

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Sablik, M. (2024). Speed of light or composition of velocities. Annales Mathematicae Silesianae, 38(1), 111–119. Retrieved from https://journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/AMSIL/article/view/17253

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Vol. 38 No. 1 (2024)
Published: 2024-03-27

ISSN: 0860-2107

eISSN: 2391-4238

10.1515/amsil

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University of Silesia Press

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