2 papers
physics.hist-ph2025
On Huygens' derivation of the laws of elastic collisions
Jan-Willem van Holten
In this note I sketch the work of Christiaan Huygens to develop a theory of motion and its application to elastic collisions. In this theory he uses the relativity of uniform linea…
gr-qc2018
Gravitational waves from generalized newtonian sources
J. W. van Holten
I review the elementary theory of gravitational waves on a Minkowski background and the quadrupole approximation. The modified conservation laws for energy and momentum keeping tra…