physics.relativistic_velocity_summation

The relativistic velocity summation formula calculates the combined velocity v2 of an object moving at speed v1 relative to a frame that is itself moving at velocity v relative to an observer. I take the last one to be strictly lower than the speed of light. The formula is v2 = (v1 + v)/(1 + v1 * v / c**2) v1 - speed of the object relative to a moving frame v - speed of the moving frame c - speed of light in a vacuum v2 - speed of the object relative to an observer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velocity-addition_formula

Attributes

c

Functions

relativistic_velocity_summation(→ float)

Module Contents

physics.relativistic_velocity_summation.relativistic_velocity_summation(object_velocity: float, frame_velocity: float) → float

>>> relativistic_velocity_summation(200000000, 200000000)
276805111.0636436
>>> relativistic_velocity_summation(299792458, 100000000)
299792458.0
>>> relativistic_velocity_summation(100000000, 299792458)
Traceback (most recent call last):
    ...
ValueError: Speeds must not exceed light speed...

physics.relativistic_velocity_summation.c = 299792458