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		dgrin91 on Feb 5, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Relativistic Spaceship Very fun. What does y represent?

gs17 on Feb 5, 2024 | [–]

It should be the Lorentz factor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorentz_factor

layer8 on Feb 5, 2024 | [–]

Lorentz factor, and it’s a gamma.

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