Derivation of the Special Theory of Relativity from Invariance of Action

Abstract

It is known that action is invariant in special relativity. The goal of this note is to show that the reverse statement is also correct, that special relativity follows from the postulate that action is invariant under the transformation from one inertial frame to another.

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