Author(s)

Qiandao Liu

Corresponding Author

Qiandao Liu

ABSTRACT

The relativity breaks the conventional notion of time and space that established by Newton mechanics, and is widely verified in various experiments. In this work, we briefly review the basic theory of the special and general relativity. The preliminary mathematical knowledge including the Pythagorean theorem, vector calculation, and the multidimensional spacetime is introduced first, which further draws the special relativity. Then based on the theory of light cone and Euclidean space in curvilinear coordinate, we recall and complement the restricted relativity and introduce the general relativity.

KEYWORDS

Relativity, Newtonian mechanics, mathematical knowledge