I did a recent question about relativistic kinematics here: Generalizing a relativistic kinematics formula for spatial-acceleration dependence.
I have a confusion. In the textbooks I've seen, they put the relationship between proper acceleration and coordinate acceleration as
α=γ3dvdt
However, when I try to do the derivation myself, I get a factor of γ4 instead. I'm not sure where the error is.
My derivation is like this:
dxdτ=dxdtdtdτ=γdxdt
where we used dtdτ=γ
Now,
d2xdτ2=ddτ(γdxdt)=dγdτdxdt+γ2d2xdt2
dγdτ=γdγdt=γ(γ3c2dxdtd2xdt2)
d2xdτ2=γ4v2c2d2xdt2+γ2d2xdt2=γ2d2xdt2(γ2v2c2+1)=γ4d2xdt2
where on the last step, v=dxdt .
I don't understand where is the mistake.
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