Presented in translation from the German is Arnold Sommerfeld’s paper “Über die Zusammensetzung der Geschwindigkeiten in der Relativtheorie”, Physikalische Zeitschrift 10 826 (1909), which retains its relevance a hundred years after its publication, as is discussed by G B Malykin, Usp. Fiz. Nauk 180 965 (2010) [Physics-Uspekhi 53 (9) 923 (2010)].

Arnold Sommerfeld’s article “Über die Zusammensetzung der Geschwindigkeiten in der Relativtheorie” was sent by the author in 1909 simultaneously to two journals with the goal of reaching a wider scientific community, in full agreement with the practice accepted at that time, and was published almost simultaneously in Physikalische Zeitschrift [10 826 (1909)] and Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft [11 557 (1909)].

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PACS: 01.65.+g, 02.40.Ky, 03.30.+p (all)
DOI: 10.3367/UFNe.0180.201009e.0970
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Citation: Sommerfeld A "On the addition of velocities in the theory of relativity" Phys. Usp. 53 929–931 (2010)

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Оригинал: Зоммерфельд А «О сложении скоростей в теории относительности» УФН 180 970–972 (2010); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0180.201009e.0970

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