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{{Infobox paper
| title = The Paradox of Thomas Rotation
| author = [[Constantin I Mocanu]]
| keywords = [[Thomas rotation]], [[non-collinear velocities]], [[electromagnetic field]], [[(STR)]]
| published = 1991
| journal = [[Galilean Electrodynamics]]
| volume = 2
| number = 4
| pages = 67-74
}}

==Abstract==

In order to extend the 1 + 1 Lorentz transformation to one with 1 + 3 dimensions, the so-called Thomas rotation is inevitably involved.&nbsp;This, in turn, provides the relativistic interpretations of the non-commutative and non-associative composition laws of non-collinear velocities.&nbsp;When dealing with two successive Lorentz transformations involving non-collinear velocities, two peculiarities are revealed. The first is related to the vector-scaler pair ('''J''', <em>p</em>''') and the second to the vector pair (E, B'''); neither implies the Thomas rotation. Ungar's attempt to solve these difficulties by applying the Thomas rotation if invalidated by the conservation law of the electromagnetic field. The result is a paradox revealing an internal contradiction of the Special Theory of Relativity.

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