THE LORENTZ FACTOR

The Lorentz Factor is a way of expressing the ratio of the time taken for an event to occur against its proper time. The equation for it is 1/[(1-(v^2/c^2))^0.5]. It looks terrible because blogger doesn't support the nive way of expressing equations, it isn't actually that bad. Anyways, the Lorentz Factor is only noticeable at velocities which are extremely near the speed of light. We don't notice it in everyday life because relative to the speed of light, we are travelling at extremely low velocities. The graph below shows how the value of the Lorentz Factor only becomes significant at above 90% the speed of light.