Generically, both and are functions of both and . In Galilean relativity, while . However there is no mathematical reason why cannot also be a function of and . There is also no reason why or as , 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 as a function of be true?
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