Several space-time diagrammatic approaches have been devised for the analysis of questions arising in relativistic kinematics. This general approach is extended to dynamics by the development of the geometric equivalent of the Lorentz energy-momentum transformation equations. The resulting diagrams are called ergmentum diagrams. Following the covariant approach of Brehme (as opposed to the con-travariant approach of Loedel), the ergmentum diagram is applied to several classes of problems.
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Relativistic kinematics
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