""" Lorentz transformation describes the transition from a reference frame P to another reference frame P', each of which is moving in a direction with respect to the other. The Lorentz transformation implemented in this code is the relativistic version using a four vector described by Minkowsky Space: x0 = ct, x1 = x, x2 = y, and x3 = z NOTE: Please note that x0 is c (speed of light) times t (time). So, the Lorentz transformation using a four vector is defined as: |ct'| | γ -γβ 0 0| |ct| |x' | = |-γβ γ 0 0| *|x | |y' | | 0 0 1 0| |y | |z' | | 0 0 0 1| |z | Where: 1 γ = --------------- ----------- / v^2 | /(1 - --- -/ c^2 v β = ----- c Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorentz_transformation """ from __future__ import annotations from math import sqrt import numpy as np # type: ignore from sympy import symbols # type: ignore # Coefficient # Speed of light (m/s) c = 299792458 # Symbols ct, x, y, z = symbols("ct x y z") ct_p, x_p, y_p, z_p = symbols("ct' x' y' z'") # Vehicle's speed divided by speed of light (no units) def beta(velocity: float) -> float: """ >>> beta(c) 1.0 >>> beta(199792458) 0.666435904801848 >>> beta(1e5) 0.00033356409519815205 >>> beta(0.2) Traceback (most recent call last): ... ValueError: Speed must be greater than 1! """ if velocity > c: raise ValueError("Speed must not exceed Light Speed 299,792,458 [m/s]!") # Usually the speed u should be much higher than 1 (c order of magnitude) elif velocity < 1: raise ValueError("Speed must be greater than 1!") return velocity / c def gamma(velocity: float) -> float: """ >>> gamma(4) 1.0000000000000002 >>> gamma(1e5) 1.0000000556325075 >>> gamma(3e7) 1.005044845777813 >>> gamma(2.8e8) 2.7985595722318277 >>> gamma(299792451) 4627.49902669495 >>> gamma(0.3) Traceback (most recent call last): ... ValueError: Speed must be greater than 1! >>> gamma(2*c) Traceback (most recent call last): ... ValueError: Speed must not exceed Light Speed 299,792,458 [m/s]! """ return 1 / (sqrt(1 - beta(velocity) ** 2)) def transformation_matrix(velocity: float) -> np.array: """ >>> transformation_matrix(29979245) array([[ 1.00503781, -0.10050378, 0. , 0. ], [-0.10050378, 1.00503781, 0. , 0. ], [ 0. , 0. , 1. , 0. ], [ 0. , 0. , 0. , 1. ]]) >>> transformation_matrix(19979245.2) array([[ 1.00222811, -0.06679208, 0. , 0. ], [-0.06679208, 1.00222811, 0. , 0. ], [ 0. , 0. , 1. , 0. ], [ 0. , 0. , 0. , 1. ]]) >>> transformation_matrix(1) array([[ 1.00000000e+00, -3.33564095e-09, 0.00000000e+00, 0.00000000e+00], [-3.33564095e-09, 1.00000000e+00, 0.00000000e+00, 0.00000000e+00], [ 0.00000000e+00, 0.00000000e+00, 1.00000000e+00, 0.00000000e+00], [ 0.00000000e+00, 0.00000000e+00, 0.00000000e+00, 1.00000000e+00]]) >>> transformation_matrix(0) Traceback (most recent call last): ... ValueError: Speed must be greater than 1! >>> transformation_matrix(c * 1.5) Traceback (most recent call last): ... ValueError: Speed must not exceed Light Speed 299,792,458 [m/s]! """ return np.array( [ [gamma(velocity), -gamma(velocity) * beta(velocity), 0, 0], [-gamma(velocity) * beta(velocity), gamma(velocity), 0, 0], [0, 0, 1, 0], [0, 0, 0, 1], ] ) def transform( velocity: float, event: np.array = np.zeros(4), symbolic: bool = True ) -> np.array: """ >>> transform(29979245,np.array([1,2,3,4]), False) array([ 3.01302757e+08, -3.01302729e+07, 3.00000000e+00, 4.00000000e+00]) >>> transform(29979245) array([1.00503781498831*ct - 0.100503778816875*x, -0.100503778816875*ct + 1.00503781498831*x, 1.0*y, 1.0*z], dtype=object) >>> transform(19879210.2) array([1.0022057787097*ct - 0.066456172618675*x, -0.066456172618675*ct + 1.0022057787097*x, 1.0*y, 1.0*z], dtype=object) >>> transform(299792459, np.array([1,1,1,1])) Traceback (most recent call last): ... ValueError: Speed must not exceed Light Speed 299,792,458 [m/s]! >>> transform(-1, np.array([1,1,1,1])) Traceback (most recent call last): ... ValueError: Speed must be greater than 1! """ # Ensure event is not a vector of zeros if not symbolic: # x0 is ct (speed of ligt * time) event[0] = event[0] * c else: # Symbolic four vector event = np.array([ct, x, y, z]) return transformation_matrix(velocity).dot(event) if __name__ == "__main__": import doctest doctest.testmod() # Example of symbolic vector: four_vector = transform(29979245) print("Example of four vector: ") print(f"ct' = {four_vector[0]}") print(f"x' = {four_vector[1]}") print(f"y' = {four_vector[2]}") print(f"z' = {four_vector[3]}") # Substitute symbols with numerical values: values = np.array([1, 1, 1, 1]) sub_dict = {ct: c * values[0], x: values[1], y: values[2], z: values[3]} numerical_vector = [four_vector[i].subs(sub_dict) for i in range(0, 4)] print(f"\n{numerical_vector}")