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THE law of addition of collinear velocities as derived from the Lorentz transformation in special relativity is: 
U and V being the components, W the resultant velocity and c the velocity of light. It follows that W can never be greater than c.
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COLEMAN, B. The Special Theory of Electromagnetism. Nature 189, 476–477 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/189476b0
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