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| From a group theoretic perspective, Thomas precession occurs because Lorentz boost do not commute. For example, we have | From a group theoretic perspective, Thomas precession occurs because Lorentz boost do not commute. For example, we have | ||
| $$[K_y,\,K_x] = i\,J_z \, .$$ | $$[K_y,\,K_x] = i\,J_z \, .$$ | ||
| - | | + | The rotation that we get by combining boosts is known as a Wigner rotation. |
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