Long live Galileo?

Generically, both x B x_B and t B t_B are functions of both x A x_A and t A t_A . In Galilean relativity, x B = X ( t A , x A , v ) x_B=X(t_A,x_A,v) while t B = t A t_B=t_A . However there is no mathematical reason why t B t_B cannot also be a function of x A x_A and v v . There is also no reason why x A = x B x_A=x_B or x A x B x_A \neq x_B as v 0 v\rightarrow 0 , as I can shift my origin or not between two coordinate systems/inertial frames.

We now mention an observational fact: the speed of light is experimentally equal to one in every inertial reference frame. Can the following transformation law for t B , x B t_B,x_B as a function of t A , x A t_A,x_A be true?

x B = x A v t A , t B = t A x_B=x_A-vt_A, t_B=t_A

No Maybe Ignore this answer Yes

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