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476: 20124: 17803: 15493: 19482: 19494: 16998: 14806: 19067: 2930: 20119:{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}Vx^{j}&=V^{i}{\frac {\partial }{\partial u^{i}}}\left({\frac {2R^{2}u^{j}}{R^{2}-|u|^{2}}}\right)={\frac {2R^{2}V^{j}}{R^{2}-|u|^{2}}}-{\frac {4R^{2}u^{j}\langle \mathbf {V} ,\,\mathbf {u} \rangle }{\left(R^{2}-|u|^{2}\right)^{2}}},\quad \left({\text{here }}V|u|^{2}=2\sum _{k=1}^{n}V^{k}u^{k}\equiv 2\langle \mathbf {V} ,\,\mathbf {u} \rangle \right)\\V\tau &=V\left(R{\frac {R^{2}+|u|^{2}}{R^{2}-|u|^{2}}}\right)={\frac {4R^{3}\langle \mathbf {V} ,\,\mathbf {u} \rangle }{\left(R^{2}-|u|^{2}\right)^{2}}}.\end{aligned}}} 17798:{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}&\left(dx^{1}(\mathbf {u} )\right)^{2}+\cdots +\left(dx^{n}(\mathbf {u} )\right)^{2}\\={}&{\frac {4R^{2}\left(R^{2}-|u|^{2}\right)^{2}\left+16R^{4}\left(R^{2}-|u|^{2}\right)(\mathbf {u} \cdot d\mathbf {u} )(\mathbf {u} \cdot d\mathbf {u} )+16R^{4}|u|^{2}(\mathbf {u} \cdot d\mathbf {u} )^{2}}{\left(R^{2}-|u|^{2}\right)^{4}}}\\={}&{\frac {4R^{2}\left(R^{2}-|u|^{2}\right)^{2}\left}{\left(R^{2}-|u|^{2}\right)^{4}}}+R^{2}{\frac {16R^{4}(\mathbf {u} \cdot d\mathbf {u} )}{\left(R^{2}-|u|^{2}\right)^{4}}}.\end{aligned}}} 15488:{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}dx^{1}(\mathbf {u} )&=d\left({\frac {2R^{2}u^{1}}{R^{2}-|u|^{2}}}\right)={\frac {\partial }{\partial u^{1}}}{\frac {2R^{2}u^{1}}{R^{2}-|u|^{2}}}du^{1}+\cdots +{\frac {\partial }{\partial u^{n}}}{\frac {2R^{2}u^{1}}{R^{2}-|u|^{2}}}du^{n}+{\frac {\partial }{\partial \tau }}{\frac {2R^{2}u^{1}}{R^{2}-|u|^{2}}}d\tau ,\\&\ \ \vdots \\dx^{n}(\mathbf {u} )&=d\left({\frac {2R^{2}u^{n}}{R^{2}-|u|^{2}}}\right)=\cdots ,\\d\tau (\mathbf {u} )&=d\left(R{\frac {R^{2}+|u|^{2}}{R^{2}-|u|^{2}}}\right)=\cdots ,\end{aligned}}} 2500: 19477:{\displaystyle \left(\sigma ^{-1}\right)_{*}V=\left(\sigma ^{-1}\right)_{*}V^{i}{\frac {\partial }{\partial u^{i}}}=V^{i}{\frac {\partial x^{j}}{\partial u^{i}}}{\frac {\partial }{\partial x^{j}}}+V^{i}{\frac {\partial \tau }{\partial u^{i}}}{\frac {\partial }{\partial \tau }}=V^{i}{\frac {\partial }{x}}^{j}{\partial u^{i}}{\frac {\partial }{\partial x^{j}}}+V^{i}{\frac {\partial }{\tau }}{\partial u^{i}}{\frac {\partial }{\partial \tau }}=Vx^{j}{\frac {\partial }{\partial x^{j}}}+V\tau {\frac {\partial }{\partial \tau }}.} 16259: 38: 7028: 15759: 16991: 2459: 22517: 489: 2925:{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}\left(x^{0},\,x^{1},\,x^{2},\,x^{3}\right)\ &\leftrightarrow \ \left.x^{0}\mathbf {e} _{0}\right|_{p}+\left.x^{1}\mathbf {e} _{1}\right|_{p}+\left.x^{2}\mathbf {e} _{2}\right|_{p}+\left.x^{3}\mathbf {e} _{3}\right|_{p}\\&\leftrightarrow \ \left.x^{0}\mathbf {e} _{0}\right|_{q}+\left.x^{1}\mathbf {e} _{1}\right|_{q}+\left.x^{2}\mathbf {e} _{2}\right|_{q}+\left.x^{3}\mathbf {e} _{3}\right|_{q}\end{aligned}}} 299: 12112: 18191: 2384: 21636: 16601: 924: 14576: 19060: 16254:{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}{\frac {\partial }{\partial u^{1}}}{\frac {2R^{2}u^{1}}{R^{2}-|u|^{2}}}du^{1}&={\frac {2\left(R^{2}-|u|^{2}\right)+4R^{2}\left(u^{1}\right)^{2}}{\left(R^{2}-|u|^{2}\right)^{2}}}du^{1},\\{\frac {\partial }{\partial u^{2}}}{\frac {2R^{2}u^{1}}{R^{2}-|u|^{2}}}du^{2}&={\frac {4R^{2}u^{1}u^{2}}{\left(R^{2}-|u|^{2}\right)^{2}}}du^{2},\end{aligned}}} 18462: 3112:. The first identification is the canonical identification of vectors in the tangent space at any point with vectors in the space itself. The appearance of basis vectors in tangent spaces as first-order differential operators is due to this identification. It is motivated by the observation that a geometrical tangent vector can be associated in a one-to-one manner with a 11822: 17814: 13109: 2142: 14799: 10797:. The subscript star denotes the pushforward (to be introduced later), and it is in this special case simply the identity map (as is the inclusion map). The latter equality holds because a tangent space to a submanifold at a point is in a canonical way a subspace of the tangent space of the manifold itself at the point in question. One may simply write 10768: 3092: 14280: 18757: 20421: 12365: 2045: 1119:, as well, which depends on the signature. The classification of any vector will be the same in all frames of reference that are related by a Lorentz transformation (but not by a general Poincaré transformation because the origin may then be displaced) because of the invariance of the spacetime interval under Lorentz transformation. 10019: 12901: 16986:{\displaystyle \left(dx^{1}(\mathbf {u} )\right)^{2}={\frac {4R^{2}\left(r^{2}-|u|^{2}\right)^{2}\left(du^{1}\right)^{2}+16R^{4}\left(R^{2}-|u|^{2}\right)\left(\mathbf {u} \cdot d\mathbf {u} \right)u^{1}du^{1}+16R^{4}\left(u^{1}\right)^{2}\left(\mathbf {u} \cdot d\mathbf {u} \right)^{2}}{\left(R^{2}-|u|^{2}\right)^{4}}}.} 18196: 11682: 16596: 12906: 14097: 7218:
passing through the origin, and its norm. Geometrically thus, covariant vectors should be viewed as a set of hyperplanes, with spacing depending on the norm (bigger = smaller spacing), with one of them (the kernel) passing through the origin. The mathematical term for a covariant vector is 1-covector
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basis for Minkowski space necessarily consists of one timelike and three spacelike unit vectors. If one wishes to work with non-orthonormal bases, it is possible to have other combinations of vectors. For example, one can easily construct a (non-orthonormal) basis consisting entirely of null vectors,
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between two events when given their coordinate difference vector as an argument. Equipped with this inner product, the mathematical model of spacetime is called Minkowski space. The group of transformations for Minkowski space that preserves the spacetime interval (as opposed to the spatial Euclidean
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As mentioned, in a vector space, such as modeling the spacetime of special relativity, tangent vectors can be canonically identified with vectors in the space itself, and vice versa. This means that the tangent spaces at each point are canonically identified with each other and with the vector space
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Non-degeneracy is then equivalent to injectivity of the partial evaluation map, or equivalently non-degeneracy indicates that the kernel of the map is trivial. In finite dimension, as is the case here, and noting that the dimension of a finite-dimensional space is equal to the dimension of the dual,
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to illustrate how one could imagine a covariant version of a contravariant vector. The inner product of two contravariant vectors could equally well be thought of as the action of the covariant version of one of them on the contravariant version of the other. The inner product is then how many times
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The views of space and time which I wish to lay before you have sprung from the soil of experimental physics, and therein lies their strength. They are radical. Henceforth, space by itself and time by itself are doomed to fade away into mere shadows, and only a kind of union of the two will preserve
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below. It follows that if the scalar product of two vectors is zero, then one of these, at least, must be space-like. The scalar product of two space-like vectors can be positive or negative as can be seen by considering the product of two space-like vectors having orthogonal spatial components and
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combined with redefined vector variables for electromagnetic quantities, and he was able to show directly and very simply their invariance under Lorentz transformation. He also made other important contributions and used matrix notation for the first time in this context. From his reformulation, he
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Rotations in planes spanned by two space unit vectors appear in coordinate space as well as in physical spacetime as Euclidean rotations and are interpreted in the ordinary sense. The "rotation" in a plane spanned by a space unit vector and a time unit vector, while formally still a rotation in
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one may apply the Minkowski metric to two vectors and obtain a real number, i.e. to display the role of the differentials and how they disappear in a calculation. The setting is that of smooth manifold theory, and concepts such as convector fields and exterior derivatives are introduced.
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In practice, one need not be concerned with the tangent spaces. The vector space structure of Minkowski space allows for the canonical identification of vectors in tangent spaces at points (events) with vectors (points, events) in Minkowski space itself. See e.g.
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Using the positivity property of time-like vectors, it is easy to verify that a linear sum with positive coefficients of similarly directed time-like vectors is also similarly directed time-like (the sum remains within the light cone because of convexity).
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Consistent use of the terms "Minkowski inner product", "Minkowski norm" or "Minkowski metric" is intended for the bilinear form here, since it is in widespread use. It is by no means "standard" in the literature, but no standard terminology seems to
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Time-like vectors have special importance in the theory of relativity as they correspond to events that are accessible to the observer at (0, 0, 0, 0) with a speed less than that of light. Of most interest are time-like vectors that are
1633: 18457:{\displaystyle -d\tau ^{2}=-\left(R{\frac {4R^{4}\left(\mathbf {u} \cdot d\mathbf {u} \right)}{\left(R^{2}-|u|^{2}\right)^{2}}}\right)^{2}=-R^{2}{\frac {16R^{4}(\mathbf {u} \cdot d\mathbf {u} )^{2}}{\left(R^{2}-|u|^{2}\right)^{4}}}.} 13345: 8283: 13482: 3199: 5569:) with the symmetry group preserving the other choice of signature. This means that both choices are in accord with the two postulates of relativity. Switching between the two conventions is straightforward. If the metric tensor 4676:. In fact, it can be taken as the defining property of a Lorentz transformation in that it preserves the inner product (i.e. the value of the corresponding bilinear form on two vectors). This approach is taken more generally for 11084: 588:
can then be thought of as rotations in this four-dimensional space, where the rotation axis corresponds to the direction of relative motion between the two observers and the rotation angle is related to their relative velocity.
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itself. This explains how the right-hand side of the above equation can be employed directly, without regard to the spacetime point the metric is to be evaluated and from where (which tangent space) the vectors come from.
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Minkowski space refers to a mathematical formulation in four dimensions. However, the mathematics can easily be extended or simplified to create an analogous generalized Minkowski space in any number of dimensions. If
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for the Minkowski space depends heavily on the context. Minkowski space is not endowed with Euclidean geometry, and not with any of the generalized Riemannian geometries with intrinsic curvature, those exposed by the
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can be visualized as ordinary rotations of the four-dimensional Euclidean sphere. The four-dimensional spacetime can be visualized as a four-dimensional space, with each point representing an event in spacetime. The
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In a further development in his 1908 "Space and Time" lecture, Minkowski gave an alternative formulation of this idea that used a real time coordinate instead of an imaginary one, representing the four variables
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is adopted below. This choice (or the other possible choice) has no (known) physical implications. The symmetry group preserving the bilinear form with one choice of signature is isomorphic (under the map given
4637: 3087:{\displaystyle \left.\mathbf {e} _{\mu }\right|_{p}=\left.{\frac {\partial }{\partial x^{\mu }}}\right|_{p}{\text{ or }}\mathbf {e} _{0}|_{p}=\left({\begin{matrix}1\\0\\0\\0\end{matrix}}\right){\text{, etc}}.} 9755: 11668: 10974: 8822: 6282: 4352: 8630: 703: 6925: 6867: 2147: 4001: 6543: 5944: 20416:{\displaystyle \eta \left(\sigma _{*}^{-1}V,\,\sigma _{*}^{-1}V\right)=\sum _{j=1}^{n}\left(Vx^{j}\right)^{2}-(V\tau )^{2}={\frac {4R^{4}|V|^{2}}{\left(R^{2}-|u|^{2}\right)^{2}}}=h_{R}^{2(n)}(V,z,V),} 13873: 13670: 835:. For these special topics, see the referenced articles, as the presentation below will be principally confined to the mathematical structure (Minkowski metric and from it derived quantities and the 13183: 8041:
or by juxtaposition) has been taken. The equality holds since, by definition, the Minkowski metric is symmetric. The notation on the far right is also sometimes used for the related, but different,
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inertial coordinates. The analogy with Euclidean rotations is only partial since the radius of the sphere is actually imaginary, which turns rotations into rotations in hyperbolic space (see
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that are otherwise immediately available and useful for geometrical description and calculation – even in the flat spacetime of special relativity, e.g. of the electromagnetic field.
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that acts on the four-vector, changing its components. This matrix can be thought of as a rotation matrix in four-dimensional space, which rotates the four-vector around a particular axis.
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Contravariant and covariant vectors are geometrically very different objects. The first can and should be thought of as arrows. A linear function can be characterized by two objects: its
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respectively) stick to one choice regardless of topic. Arguments for the former convention include "continuity" from the Euclidean case corresponding to the non-relativistic limit
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surrounding any point (barring gravitational singularities). More abstractly, it can be said that in the presence of gravity spacetime is described by a curved 4-dimensional
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and is the most common mathematical structure by which special relativity is formalized. While the individual components in Euclidean space and time might differ due to
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of the invariance of the spacetime interval. This structure provides the background setting of all present relativistic theories, barring general relativity for which
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from the invariance of the spacetime interval on the spacetime manifold as consequences of the postulates of special relativity, not to specific application or
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future-directed timelike vectors whose first component is positive (tip of vector located in causal future (also called the absolute future) in the figure) and
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Technically, a non-degenerate bilinear form provides a map between a vector space and its dual; in this context, the map is between the tangent spaces of
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One computes according to the standard rules for computing differentials (though one is really computing the rigorously defined exterior derivatives),
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to any point is a 4-dimensional Minkowski space. Thus, the structure of Minkowski space is still essential in the description of general relativity.
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This quantity is not consistently named in the literature. The interval is sometimes referred to as the square root of the interval as defined here.
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are the components of a vector in the cotangent space (a linear functional). Due to the identification of vectors in tangent spaces with vectors in
619: 10376: 8391:{\displaystyle dx^{\mu }\left({\frac {\partial }{\partial x^{\nu }}}\right)={\frac {\partial x^{\mu }}{\partial x^{\nu }}}=\delta _{\nu }^{\mu }.} 20619: 13568:{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}\tau &={\frac {R(1-\lambda )}{\lambda }},\\\mathbf {x} &={\frac {\mathbf {u} }{\lambda }},\end{aligned}}} 5881: 3326:{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}x'^{\mu }&={\Lambda ^{\mu }}_{\nu }x^{\nu },\\v'^{\mu }&={\Lambda ^{\mu }}_{\nu }v^{\nu }.\end{aligned}}} 22564: 13798: 2404:, which is necessary for spacetime to be modeled as a vector space. This addition is not required, and more complex treatments analogous to an 11259:{\displaystyle F^{*}(\alpha )\left(X_{1},\,X_{2},\,\ldots ,\,X_{k}\right)=\alpha \left(F_{*}X_{1},\,F_{*}X_{2},\,\ldots ,\,F_{*}X_{k}\right),} 816:) of certain vectors, and the Minkowski norm squared is referred to (somewhat cryptically, perhaps this is a translation dependent) as "sum". 21260: 7782:{\displaystyle \eta ^{-1}:M^{*}\times M^{*}\rightarrow \mathbf {R} ,\eta ^{-1}(\alpha ,\beta )=\eta (\eta ^{-1}(\alpha ),\eta ^{-1}(\beta ))} 3816: 3643: 1190:
are called timelike, spacelike, or null if the associated vectors are timelike, spacelike, or null at each point where the field is defined.
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Once a direction of time is chosen, timelike and null vectors can be further decomposed into various classes. For timelike vectors, one has
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This corresponds to the time coordinate either increasing or decreasing when the proper time for any particle increases. An application of
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A Lorentzian manifold is a generalization of Minkowski space in two ways. The total number of spacetime dimensions is not restricted to be
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can be told apart by the argument each is evaluated on. This can then be used to raise indices. If a coordinate basis is used, the metric
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nature of the metric and the true nature of Lorentz boosts, which are not rotations. It also needlessly complicates the use of tools of
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as the same thing, mathematically, they are elements of different spaces, and act on the space of standard bases from different sides.
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concluded that time and space should be treated equally, and so arose his concept of events taking place in a unified four-dimensional
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At a time when Minkowski was giving the geometrical interpretation of special relativity by extending the Euclidean three-space to a
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Behavior of tensors under inclusion, pullback of covariant tensors under general maps and pushforward of vectors under general maps
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In general, but with several exceptions, mathematicians and general relativists prefer spacelike vectors to yield a positive sign,
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Y. Friedman, A Physically Meaningful Relativistic Description of the Spin State of an Electron, Symmetry 2021, 13(10), 1853;
20924:.). Where Lee refers to positive definiteness to show the injectivity of the map, one needs instead appeal to non-degeneracy. 20863: 20815: 20656: 7280: 20821: 12519: 11450: 21695: 4209: 5566: 5510: 21640: 20610: 12370: 9566:(positive curvature). The reason is the indefiniteness of the Minkowski metric. Minkowski space is, in particular, not a 8972:{\displaystyle g(p)_{\mu \nu }\left.dx^{\mu }\right|_{p}\left.dx^{\nu }\right|_{p}(a,b)=g(p)_{\mu \nu }a^{\mu }b^{\nu },} 6461:{\displaystyle \eta (v,v)=\eta _{\mu \nu }v^{\mu }v^{\nu }=v^{0}v_{0}+v^{1}v_{1}+v^{2}v_{2}+v^{3}v_{3}=v^{\mu }v_{\mu }.} 521: 11555: 9670:
be isometrically embedded in spaces of one more dimension when the embedding space is endowed with the Minkowski metric
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four-space that included time, Einstein was already aware that this is not valid, because it excludes the phenomenon of
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The invariance of the interval under coordinate transformations between inertial frames follows from the invariance of
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To understand this concept, one should consider the coordinates of an event in spacetime represented as a four-vector
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published in 1908 called "The Fundamental Equations for Electromagnetic Processes in Moving Bodies". He reformulated
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is another consequence of the convexity of either light cone. For two distinct similarly directed time-like vectors
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of partial derivatives of the component functions. The differential is the best linear approximation of a function
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pseudo-Riemannian metric in Cartesian coordinates. As such, it is a nondegenerate symmetric bilinear form, a type
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past-directed timelike vectors whose first component is negative (causal past (also called the absolute past)).
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In the English translation of Minkowski's paper, the Minkowski metric, as defined below, is referred to as the
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A full-blown version of the Minkowski metric in coordinates as a tensor field on spacetime has the appearance
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Any two such bases are related in some sense by a Lorentz transformation, either by a change-of-basis matrix
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associated with each point, and events not on the light cone are classified by their relation to the apex as
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The Geometry of Minkowski Spacetime: An Introduction to the Mathematics of the Special Theory of Relativity
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from the dual of the range tangent space to the dual of the domain tangent space, i.e. it is a linear map,
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can remove the extra structure. However, this is not the introductory convention and is not covered here.
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Robb A A: Optical Geometry of Motion; a New View of the Theory of Relativity Cambridge 1911, (Heffers).
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vectors are, in this formalism, given in terms of a basis of differential operators of the first order,
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Then mathematically, the metric is a bilinear form on an abstract four-dimensional real vector space
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Nachrichten von der Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, Mathematisch-Physikalische Klasse
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This idea, which was mentioned only briefly by Poincaré, was elaborated by Minkowski in a paper in
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and curved space at infinitesimally small distance scales is foundational to the definition of a
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A standard or orthonormal basis for Minkowski space is a set of four mutually orthogonal vectors
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Jackson, J.D., Classical Electrodynamics, 3rd ed.; John Wiley \& Sons: Hoboken, NJ, US, 1998
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of the space. The imaginary part, on the other hand, may consist of four pseudovectors, such as
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may be equivalently viewed as an element of this space. By making a choice of orthonormal basis
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of constant velocity associated with it, represented by a straight line in a Minkowski diagram.
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is the metric tensor of Minkowski space. It is a pseudo-Euclidean metric, or more generally, a
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The metric signature refers to which sign the Minkowski inner product yields when given space (
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can be formulated as a submanifold of generalized Minkowski space as can the model spaces of
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An interesting example of non-inertial coordinates for (part of) Minkowski spacetime is the
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Minkowski spacetime still provides a springboard as curved spacetime is locally Lorentzian.
831:) and to provide geometrical interpretation to the generalization of Newtonian mechanics to 789:. Points in this space correspond to events in spacetime. In this space, there is a defined 22332: 22258: 22102: 21704: 21520: 21474: 21422: 20920:. One point in Lee's proof of the existence of this map needs modification (Lee deals with 18722:
This last equation shows that the metric on the ball is identical to the Riemannian metric
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has been used in a derivation, go back to the earliest point where it was used, substitute
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This definition is equivalent to the definition given above under a canonical isomorphism.
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It is assumed below that spacetime is endowed with a coordinate system corresponding to an
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and not a Riemannian manifold with a Riemannian metric. However, Minkowski space contains
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choose a signature at all, but instead, opt to coordinatize spacetime such that the time
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on the vector space, the same holds for the Minkowski inner product of Minkowski space.
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is introduced, which also changes sign with a change of orientation. Thus, elements of
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Subdivision of Minkowski spacetime with respect to an event in four disjoint sets: the
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s:Translation:The Fundamental Equations for Electromagnetic Processes in Moving Bodies
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future-directed null vectors whose first component is positive (upper light cone), and
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Minkowski, aware of the fundamental restatement of the theory which he had made, said
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Explanation: The coordinate differentials are 1-form fields. They are defined as the
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Shaw, R. (1982). "§ 6.6 Minkowski space, § 6.7,8 Canonical forms pp 221–242".
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depending on the context. The Minkowski inner product is defined so as to yield the
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or more) and a Lorentzian manifold need not be flat, i.e. it allows for curvature.
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this is enough to conclude the partial evaluation map is a linear isomorphism from
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itself, this is mostly ignored, and vectors with lower indices are referred to as
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One may, of course, ignore geometrical views altogether (as is the style in e.g.
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Introducing more terminology (but not more structure), Minkowski space is thus a
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are any two events, and the second basis vector identification is referred to as
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changing the scale applied to the frame in motion and shifts the phase of light.
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may be defined, here specialized to Cartesian coordinates in Lorentz frames, as
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past-directed null vectors whose first component is negative (lower light cone).
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The pulled back metric can be obtained by straightforward methods of calculus;
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In order to exhibit the metric, it is necessary to pull it back via a suitable
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with which this section started by assuming its existence, is now identified.
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is still a metric tensor but now depending on spacetime and is a solution of
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The proof uses the algebraic definition with the reversed Cauchy inequality:
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Relativistic Mechanics - Special Relativity and Classical Particle Dynamics
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be isometrically embedded in Euclidean space with one more dimension, i.e.
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For some purposes, it is desirable to identify tangent vectors at a point
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The Geometry of Special Relativity: The Minkowski Space – Time Light Cone
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The most important feature of the inner product and norm squared is that
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insofar as it treats time differently than the three spatial dimensions.
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The Fundamental Equations for Electromagnetic Processes in Moving Bodies
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must be calculated. Use the same considerations as before, but now with
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Even in curved space, Minkowski space is still a good description in an
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There are many possible choices of standard basis obeying the condition
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In terms of components, the Minkowski inner product between two vectors
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Corry, L. (1997). "Hermann Minkowski and the postulate of relativity".
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One quantum mechanical analogy explored in the literature is that of a
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More terminology (but not more structure): The Minkowski metric is a
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Translate the coordinate system so that the event is the new origin.
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The pullback can be computed in a different fashion. By definition,
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From this, the positive property of the scalar product can be seen.
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of space and time in the coordinate form in a four-dimensional real
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are added, and the group of all these transformations is called the
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Road to Reality : A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe
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a tensor. For elaboration on the differences and similarities, see
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Minkowski's Space–Time: from visual thinking to the absolute world
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and substitutes the results into the right hand side. This yields
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Model spaces of hyperbolic geometry of low dimension, say 2 or 3,
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visualizing Minkowski space in the context of special relativity.
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Robb A A: Geometry of Time and Space, 1936 Cambridge Univ Press
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is future-directed null or future-directed timelike. It gives a
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The result now follows by taking the square root on both sides.
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endowed with a Riemannian metric yielding hyperbolic geometry.
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operator on the set of smooth functions. This is promoted to a
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is by definition the same as pushing forward the vectors from
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to be specific, defined further down) and time basis vectors (
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of the vector fields. The above equation holds at each point
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Together with spacelike vectors, there are 6 classes in all.
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consisting of mutually orthogonal unit vectors is called an
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A pictorial representation of the tangent space at a point,
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is the constant representing the universal speed limit, and
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on which there is a constant Minkowski metric of signature
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the arrow pierces the planes. The mathematical reference,
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these are quantities unaffected by Lorentz transformations
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Relative to a standard basis, the components of a vector
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The first two conditions imply bilinearity. The defining
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Galison, P. L. (1979). R McCormach; et al. (eds.).
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as a symmetrical set of equations in the four variables
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Thus when the metric tensor is fed two vectors fields
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are the components of a vector in tangent space, then
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These conditions can be written compactly in the form
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Mathematically associated with the bilinear form is a
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For comparison and motivation of terminology, take a
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fixed. They provide a basis for the tangent space at
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are not just vector spaces but have added structure.
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Though Minkowski took an important step for physics,
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showed how, by taking time to be an imaginary fourth
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with basis vectors in the tangent spaces defined by
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General Relativity: Papers in Honour of J. L. Synge
11753:. The parametrization to be used is the inverse of 11403:Further unwinding the definitions, the pushforward 9070:is future-directed timelike. This relation has the 8050: 7839:The present purpose is to show semi-rigorously how 3885:. The notation is meant to emphasize the fact that 3468: 3353: 2430:at each point in spacetime, here simply called the 1158:the zero vector, whose components in any basis are 99: 75: 66: 21551: 21528: 20415: 20118: 19476: 19054: 18708: 18456: 18185: 17797: 16985: 16590: 16368: 16253: 15737: 15487: 14793: 14570: 14269: 14091: 13867: 13787: 13659: 13567: 13471: 13339: 13255: 13170: 13103: 12895: 12739: 12630: 12540: 12508: 12415: 12359: 12106: 11662: 11502: 11258: 11071: 10968: 10840: 10762: 10486: 10435: 10358: 10331: 10298: 10263: 10213: 10166: 10142: 10074: 10048: 10013: 9778: 9749: 9682: 9658: 9631: 9602: 9275:are independent of the choice of the orientation. 8971: 8772: 8624: 8552: 8390: 8216: 8107: 7993: 7811: 7781: 7627: 7575: 7548: 7524: 7504: 7463: 7413: 7329: 7309: 7012: 6997: 6965: 6919: 6861: 6733: 6652: 6569: 6537: 6460: 6271: 5938: 5868: 5838: 5783: 5549: 5499: 5355: 5329: 5267: 5135: 5056: 4631: 4551: 4489: 4346: 4246: 3995: 3918: 3877: 3805: 3767: 3728: 3672: 3392:. Authors covering several areas of physics, e.g. 3325: 3138:Definitions of tangent vectors as ordinary vectors 3086: 2924: 2378: 2124: 2039: 1738: 1627: 1463: 1193: 897:For further historical information see references 697: 21128:Giulini D The rich structure of Minkowski space, 18742:, another standard model of hyperbolic geometry. 9372:is the four-velocity of the particle, satisfying 8119:is an event. This operator applied to a function 7635:which allows the inverse metric to be defined as 5493: 22531: 21135: 20803: 20743:See Schutz's proof p 148, also Naber p. 48 8416:provide a basis for the cotangent space at each 7170:in matrix representation, can be used to define 6010:while the other three components are called the 3416: 3162:Lorentz frame related by Lorentz transformation 1100:. This can be expressed in terms of the sign of 893:, and the heavy mathematical apparatus entailed. 20936:, The tangent-cotangent isomorphism p. 282 20851: 20566:), but the embedding dimension is much higher, 12516:then it is geometrically clear that the vector 10841:{\displaystyle \iota ^{*}\alpha =\alpha |_{S},} 10233:. It is a space of constant negative curvature 9211: 5279:. This bilinear form can in turn be written as 2052: 1126:at an event of Minkowski space constitutes the 612:. A Lorentz transformation is represented by a 21308: 21254: 21167: 20891: 20707: 20689: 18748:Alternative calculation using the pushforward 11325:The pushforward of vectors under general maps: 9510:, which is formulated in the mathematics of a 9408: 7628:{\displaystyle \eta ^{-1}:M^{*}\rightarrow M,} 7262: 5330:{\displaystyle u\cdot v=u^{\textsf {T}}\,\,v,} 5143:provided the transformations are linear. This 2132:where the equality holds when the vectors are 534: 21689: 21457: 20674: 13271:and one obtains for stereographic projection 10143:{\displaystyle h_{R}^{1(n)}=\iota ^{*}\eta ,} 7174:. The components of this inverse are denoted 4260:, previously and also henceforth, called the 3562:. In coordinates, it may be represented by a 2057:For two similarly directed time-like vectors 1481:times either of different or the same signs. 515: 21467:Rendiconti del Circolo Matematico di Palermo 21325:Various English translations on Wikisource: 20620:Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 20053: 20036: 19902: 19885: 19739: 19722: 5136:{\displaystyle c^{2}t^{2}-x^{2}-y^{2}-z^{2}} 4319: 4312: 3762: 3749: 30:For the use in algebraic number theory, see 21465:[On the Dynamics of the Electron], 20692:, pp. 53–111 *Wikisource translation: 20677:, pp. 129–176 Wikisource translation: 20648:Independent Axioms for Minkowski Space–Time 10856:to accept as input vectors tangent to some 9216:Complexified Minkowski space is defined as 8017:provide a basis for the cotangent space at 4654:required to be positive definite, that is, 4199:-vector part (to be introduced below) of a 4195:. The latter is generally reserved for the 4017: 4010:. Another useful set of coordinates is the 3621:to emphasize the chosen signature, or just 2476:itself. Then vectors in it would be called 759: 172:Minkowski space is closely associated with 21696: 21682: 21583:The Expanding Worlds of General Relativity 21581:. In Goenner, Hubert; et al. (eds.). 21221:. Springer Graduate Texts in Mathematics. 20703: 20701: 14102: 9339:or any half spin particle is described by 9233:. Its real part is the Minkowski space of 9019:and can no longer be moved around freely. 6966:{\displaystyle e_{\mu }'=\Lambda e_{\mu }} 5839:{\displaystyle \eta (e_{\mu },e_{\nu })=0} 4598: 4472: 4354:the resulting quantity will be called the 4254:yields an inner product-like structure on 3479:). MTW also argues that it hides the true 522: 508: 157:in which they are recorded. Mathematician 116:) is the main mathematical description of 20167: 20047: 19896: 19733: 19012: 18895: 18822: 18466:Now add this contribution to finally get 14500: 14392: 11227: 11220: 11196: 11146: 11139: 11125: 10741: 10734: 10720: 10670: 10663: 10639: 10589: 10582: 10568: 9383:is the 4D spin vector, which is also the 9245:, which are independent of the choice of 8632:for general one-forms on a tangent space 7848:A formal approach to the Minkowski metric 6973:. While it might be tempting to think of 5862: 5320: 5310: 5304: 4582: 4552:{\displaystyle \eta (u,\,v)=\eta (v,\,u)} 4542: 4520: 4483: 4459: 4439: 4417: 4392: 4237: 3605:. Elements of Minkowski space are called 2554: 2540: 2526: 2391: 242:Spacetime is equipped with an indefinite 21599: 21554:Linear Algebra and Group Representations 11680: 11328:Heuristically, pulling back a tensor to 9639:respectively, with the Euclidean metric 8400:Since this relation holds at each point 8013:. These quantities evaluated at a point 7464:{\displaystyle \eta (v,\cdot )\in M^{*}} 7258: 7026: 2457: 922: 545:In his second relativity paper in 1905, 36: 21429: 21099: 21063:The Mathematics of Minkowski Space-Time 20698: 20585:for a Riemannian manifold of dimension 11386:feeding them to the tensor residing at 10870:Pullback of tensors under general maps: 10487:{\displaystyle \mathbf {H} _{R}^{1(n)}} 10214:{\displaystyle \mathbf {H} _{R}^{1(n)}} 7102:, the tangent and cotangent spaces are 4680:classical groups definable this way in 3513:matrix representing the bilinear form. 3505:at each point in spacetime, called the 1130:of that event. Given a timelike vector 1032:is classified according to the sign of 898: 14: 22532: 21585:. Boston: Birkhäuser. pp. 45–86. 21576: 21060: 20644: 13180:This leads to the system of equations 12541:{\displaystyle {\overrightarrow {PS}}} 11503:{\displaystyle F_{*}(X)f=X(f\circ F),} 10510:For inclusion maps from a submanifold 10086:of the generalized Lorentz group. The 9015:be tangent vectors at spacetime point 8266:, the coordinate function itself, and 7114:, may be expressed as the action of a 6998:{\displaystyle \Lambda _{\nu }^{\mu }} 6570:{\displaystyle \Lambda _{\nu }^{\mu }} 5147:can be used to define a bilinear form 4851:second postulate of special relativity 4846:which is also called Minkowski metric. 4646:between a pseudo-inner product and an 4032:The Minkowski inner product is not an 2411:For an overview, Minkowski space is a 1154:Null vectors fall into three classes: 906: 27:Spacetime used in theory of relativity 22565:Exact solutions in general relativity 21677: 21364: 21273: 21023: 20902: 20900: 11697:. A parametrization of a submanifold 11266:where the subscript star denotes the 10447:and the superscript star denotes the 9025:Chronological and causality relations 4272:. If the two arguments are the same, 4247:{\displaystyle u\cdot v=\eta (u,\,v)} 1001:is time, the four-dimensional vector 902: 885:. He was still far from the study of 403:Newton's law of universal gravitation 21549: 21526: 21387: 20878: 20752:Schutz p. 148, Naber p. 49 20563: 20423:and the same conclusion is reached. 10507:Behavior of tensors under inclusion: 7273:Coordinate free raising and lowering 7207:(eta-sharp) by the musical analogy. 5550:{\displaystyle u\cdot v=\eta (u,v),} 4857:between two arbitrary events called 4177:As a notational convention, vectors 3172:in a frame related to some frame by 991:coordinates in 3-dimensional space, 952: 22268:Tolman–Oppenheimer–Volkoff equation 22221:Friedmann–Lemaître–Robertson–Walker 21433:(2005). "18 Minkowskian geometry". 21367:The Geometry of Minkowski Spacetime 21235: 21216: 21197: 21065:. Frontiers in Mathematics. Basel: 21008: 20996: 20984: 20958:https://doi.org/10.3390/sym13101853 20945: 20933: 20917: 20782: 20770: 20632: 20524:proper at each point on a manifold. 12416:{\displaystyle S=(-R,0,\ldots ,0).} 11755:hyperbolic stereographic projection 11677:Hyperbolic stereographic projection 9114:of spacetime and so can be written 7505:{\displaystyle u\mapsto \eta (v,u)} 7240: 7078:intersected by a vector equals the 6743:Then if two different bases exist, 4837: 3609:. Minkowski space is often denoted 3359: 3354:Misner, Thorne & Wheeler (1973) 2494: 2490: 1489:Norm and reversed Cauchy inequality 1116: 912: 24: 20897: 19538: 19534: 19462: 19458: 19431: 19427: 19400: 19396: 19380: 19371: 19340: 19336: 19320: 19305: 19280: 19276: 19258: 19250: 19218: 19214: 19196: 19181: 19149: 19145: 17969: 17965: 17854: 17850: 16274: 16270: 16042: 16038: 15773: 15769: 15139: 15135: 15037: 15033: 14929: 14925: 11764:. It is instructive to compare to 11585:The corresponding pullback is the 10049:{\displaystyle \mathbf {M} ^{n+1}} 9468:. In string theory, there appears 9185: 8804:applied to two tangent vectors at 8499: 8495: 8351: 8336: 8310: 8306: 8076: 8072: 8051:Misner, Thorne & Wheeler (1973 7789:where the two different usages of 6981: 6950: 6903: 6845: 6698: 6689: 6617: 6589: 6553: 4692:(the Lorentz group) to the matrix 4599: 4473: 4450: 3919:{\displaystyle \mathbf {R} ^{1,3}} 3729:{\displaystyle M^{*}\otimes M^{*}} 3469:Misner, Thorne & Wheeler (1973 3290: 3232: 2978: 2974: 2453: 819:Minkowski's principal tool is the 368:Introduction to general relativity 25: 22581: 22038:Hamilton–Jacobi–Einstein equation 21629: 21130:https://arxiv.org/abs/0802.4345v1 20907:Misner, Thorne & Wheeler 1973 20469:This makes spacetime distance an 16995:Summing this formula one obtains 13265:The first of these is solved for 11719:whose range is an open subset of 7835:Formalism of the Minkowski metric 5591: 4078:tensor. It accepts two arguments 4058:need not be positive for nonzero 3813:can be identified with the space 1206: 453:Mathematics of general relativity 373:Mathematics of general relativity 22516: 22515: 21634: 21463:"Sur la dynamique de l'électron" 21309:Minkowski, Hermann (1908–1909), 21219:Introduction to Smooth manifolds 21200:Introduction to Smooth manifolds 21061:Catoni, F.; et al. (2008). 20049: 20040: 19898: 19889: 19735: 19726: 18947: 18384: 18373: 18264: 18253: 17728: 17717: 17408: 17397: 17350: 17339: 17328: 17317: 17080: 17030: 16912: 16901: 16821: 16810: 16628: 16525: 16514: 16402: 15750:Detailed outline of computation 15368: 15256: 14831: 14770: 14733: 14683: 14631: 14518: 14402: 14394: 14382: 14362: 14317: 14302: 14153: 14039: 13927: 13907: 13737: 13622: 13549: 13535: 13449: 13441: 13430: 13399: 13316: 13302: 13291: 13242: 13227: 13084: 13058: 13035: 12989: 12969: 12946: 12727: 12488: 12242: 12170: 12050: 11934: 11914: 11872: 11854: 11843: 11685:Red circular arc is geodesic in 11447:between manifolds is defined by 10494:actually is a hyperbolic space. 10460: 10417: 10388: 10368: 10187: 10030: 9883: 9798: 9731: 9702: 9632:{\displaystyle \mathbf {R} ^{4}} 9619: 9603:{\displaystyle \mathbf {R} ^{3}} 9590: 8029:) yields a tensor field of type 7825:is indeed the matrix inverse to 7685: 7303: 3900: 3846: 3822: 3666: 3120:of tangent vectors in manifolds 3011: 2945: 2897: 2856: 2815: 2774: 2723: 2682: 2641: 2600: 2422:equipped with a non-degenerate, 839:as symmetry group of spacetime) 488: 487: 474: 297: 194:four-dimensional Euclidean space 62: 21508:On the Dynamics of the Electron 21002: 20990: 20978: 20969: 20950: 20939: 20927: 20911: 20884: 20872: 20845: 20824:from the original on 2022-12-26 20797: 20788: 20776: 20764: 20755: 20746: 20737: 20679:On the Dynamics of the Electron 20544: 20527: 20510: 20495: 20486: 19798: 14344: 11352:feeding it vectors residing at 10021:in generalized Minkowski space 9659:{\displaystyle {\overline {g}}} 8135:in the direction of increasing 7013:Raising and lowering of indices 4449: 4362:Linearity in the first argument 3568:depending on spacetime position 1493:The norm of a time-like vector 1194:Properties of time-like vectors 21845:Mass–energy equivalence (E=mc) 21703: 21177:The Classical Theory of Fields 21106:Johns Hopkins University Press 20717: 20683: 20668: 20638: 20626: 20601: 20476: 20463: 20407: 20389: 20384: 20378: 20339: 20330: 20299: 20290: 20261: 20251: 20086: 20077: 19999: 19990: 19964: 19955: 19822: 19813: 19772: 19763: 19680: 19671: 19609: 19600: 18966: 18960: 18940: 18851: 18845: 18826: 18813: 18808: 18802: 18698: 18692: 18653: 18644: 18520: 18514: 18428: 18419: 18389: 18369: 18303: 18294: 18163: 18154: 18042: 18033: 18007: 17998: 17934: 17925: 17899: 17890: 17765: 17756: 17732: 17713: 17661: 17652: 17531: 17522: 17452: 17443: 17413: 17393: 17383: 17374: 17354: 17335: 17332: 17313: 17298: 17289: 17154: 17145: 17084: 17076: 17034: 17026: 16957: 16948: 16789: 16780: 16694: 16685: 16632: 16624: 16562: 16553: 16529: 16510: 16456: 16447: 16406: 16398: 16334: 16325: 16208: 16199: 16109: 16100: 15993: 15984: 15907: 15898: 15840: 15831: 15727: 15721: 15682: 15673: 15549: 15543: 15454: 15445: 15419: 15410: 15372: 15364: 15328: 15319: 15260: 15252: 15199: 15190: 15104: 15095: 14996: 14987: 14903: 14894: 14835: 14827: 14774: 14766: 14737: 14729: 14687: 14679: 14650: 14644: 14547: 14538: 14484: 14475: 14449: 14440: 14409: 14406: 14398: 14386: 14378: 14372: 14366: 14358: 14336: 14330: 14312: 14172: 14166: 14146: 14133: 14127: 14068: 14059: 14006: 13997: 13971: 13962: 13931: 13917: 13911: 13903: 13834: 13825: 13743: 13732: 13703: 13690: 13628: 13617: 13518: 13506: 13456: 13453: 13445: 13434: 13426: 13420: 13403: 13389: 13295: 13281: 13216: 13204: 13147: 13141: 13088: 13068: 13062: 13045: 13039: 13025: 12993: 12979: 12973: 12956: 12950: 12936: 12859: 12791: 12731: 12717: 12706: 12700: 12678: 12672: 12407: 12380: 12079: 12070: 12017: 12008: 11982: 11973: 11938: 11924: 11918: 11910: 11847: 11833: 11636: 11623: 11617: 11494: 11482: 11470: 11464: 11433:of a vector field under a map 11104: 11098: 10942: 10929: 10923: 10825: 10479: 10473: 10412: 10407: 10401: 10326: 10320: 10293: 10287: 10206: 10200: 10116: 10110: 9817: 9811: 9721: 9715: 8934: 8927: 8918: 8906: 8836: 8829: 8728: 8716: 8619: 8613: 8607: 8601: 8592: 8580: 8239:can be expanded at each point 8199: 8193: 7776: 7773: 7767: 7748: 7742: 7726: 7717: 7705: 7681: 7616: 7499: 7487: 7481: 7445: 7433: 7405: 7393: 7387: 7368: 7359: 7347: 7299: 6725: 6713: 6704: 6686: 6513: 6487: 6301: 6289: 6089: 6077: 6014:. The spatial components of a 5914: 5888: 5827: 5801: 5772: 5746: 5737: 5711: 5702: 5676: 5667: 5641: 5541: 5529: 5317: 5311: 4614: 4586: 4573: 4546: 4533: 4524: 4511: 4443: 4430: 4421: 4408: 4396: 4374: 4306: 4294: 4241: 4228: 3990: 3954: 3872: 3841: 3800: 3788: 3662: 3492: 3417:Kleppner & Kolenkow (1978) 3380:The choice of metric signature 3124:necessarily being embedded in 3023: 2751: 2577: 2354: 2348: 2340: 2334: 2314: 2308: 2299: 2293: 2288: 2282: 2265: 2259: 2237: 2231: 2191: 2185: 2166: 2152: 2115: 2109: 2101: 2095: 2087: 2073: 1732: 1719: 1714: 1701: 1694: 1668: 1638:The reversed Cauchy inequality 1554: 1542: 1530: 1524: 1327: 1301: 675: 662: 161:developed it from the work of 32:Minkowski space (number field) 13: 1: 21016: 19486:One has from the formula for 8053:, Box 3.2 and section 13.2.) 7031:Linear functionals (1-forms) 5869:{\textstyle \mu \neq \nu \,.} 4830:Lorentz metric, reserved for 4650:proper is that the former is 4152:itself, it accepts arguments 3190:way in which the coordinates 3134:-tuples can be used as well. 864:Hermann Minkowski, 1908, 1909 207:(maps preserving the regular 18:Null vector (Minkowski space) 21606:The Quantum Theory of Fields 21535:. New York: W. A. Benjamin. 21146:An Introduction to Mechanics 20730:, L. O'Raifeartaigh editor, 20554:an isometric embedding into 13593:lying in the hyperboloid is 10873:The pullback of a covariant 9651: 9489: 9212:Complexified Minkowski space 8642:and general tangent vectors 8007:of the coordinate functions 7248:electromagnetic field tensor 7112:Riesz representation theorem 7019:Raising and lowering indices 3806:{\displaystyle M:=(V,\eta )} 3768:{\displaystyle \{e_{\mu }\}} 3529:is likewise equipped with a 3142:A tangent vector at a point 2053:Reversed triangle inequality 1474:Positivity of scalar product 7: 21860:Relativistic Doppler effect 21181:Butterworth–Heinemann 20430: 10976:where for any vector space 9538: 9409:Generalized Minkowski space 9385:Pauli–Lubanski pseudovector 4264:, similar to the Euclidean 2478:geometrical tangent vectors 712:in physical spacetime with 535:Complex Minkowski spacetime 398:Introduction to gravitation 155:inertial frame of reference 145:The model helps show how a 10: 22586: 22331:In computational physics: 21855:Relativity of simultaneity 21611:Cambridge University Press 21315:[Space and Time], 20892:Landau & Lifshitz 2002 20457: 12548:intersects the hyperplane 11729:has the same dimension as 9542: 9189: 9180:relativity of simultaneity 9000:Einstein's field equations 8815:This situation changes in 8243:in the basis given by the 8180:, by definition such that 7812:{\displaystyle \eta ^{-1}} 7263:Landau & Lifshitz 2002 7016: 6474:with the metric was used. 4841: 4826:, even more specifically, 4813:Sylvester's law of inertia 4021: 3629:pseudo-Riemannian manifold 951:. The terminology is from 916: 538: 277: 29: 22513: 22345: 22210: 22182: 22168:Lense–Thirring precession 22051: 22000: 21962: 21941: 21930: 21888: 21832: 21816: 21758: 21750:Doubly special relativity 21722: 21711: 21577:Walter, Scott A. (1999). 21317:Physikalische Zeitschrift 21274:Carus, Edward H. (1918). 21075:10.1007/978-3-7643-8614-6 20804:Gregory L. Naber (2003). 11771:Stereographic projection 11580:coordinate representation 10341:Poincaré half-space model 8217:{\displaystyle df(X)=Xf,} 7074:. The number of (1-form) 6022:may be identified with a 5356:{\displaystyle 4\times 4} 4688:is identical in the case 1478:Cauchy–Schwarz inequality 1215:of two time-like vectors 428:Derivations of relativity 22028:Post-Newtonian formalism 22018:Einstein field equations 21954:Mathematical formulation 21778:Hyperbolic orthogonality 21506:Wikisource translation: 21495:2027/uiug.30112063899089 21300:Wikisource translation: 20852:Sean M. Carroll (2019). 20645:Schutz, John W. (1977). 20595: 20533:This similarity between 16378:With this one may write 11766:stereographic projection 11558:, which is given by the 10373:In the definition above 10264:{\displaystyle -1/R^{2}} 10154:of the Minkowski metric 10084:surfaces of transitivity 9549:The meaning of the term 9470:conformal field theories 9053:chronologically precedes 8162:The exterior derivative 4842:Not to be confused with 4820:pseudo-Riemannian metric 4764:hyperbolic orthogonality 4270:relativistic dot product 4018:Pseudo-Euclidean metrics 3627:. It is an example of a 3176:transforms according to 760:Real Minkowski spacetime 378:Einstein field equations 21739:Galilean transformation 21730:Principle of relativity 21272:Published translation: 14103:Pulling back the metric 12114:where, for simplicity, 10518:and a covariant tensor 10056:of spacetime dimension 9779:{\displaystyle ct>0} 9757:to be the upper sheet ( 9461:are two examples where 9140:simultaneous hyperplane 8564:. Furthermore, one has 8278:coordinate vector field 8037:(denoted by the symbol 8025:(denoted by the symbol 5363:matrix associated with 4822:, more specifically, a 4698:to be displayed below. 4262:Minkowski inner product 4120:, the tangent space at 4066:. The Minkowski metric 3475:) (who, by the way use 3471:, Box 2.1, Farewell to 3196:transform. Explicitly, 2493:, Proposition 3.8.) or 2432:Minkowski inner product 2424:symmetric bilinear form 887:curvilinear coordinates 859:an independent reality. 708:coordinate space, is a 586:Lorentz transformations 581:Lorentz transformations 343:Lorentz transformations 259:Minkowski inner product 21824:Lorentz transformation 21294:10.5840/monist19182826 20855:Spacetime and Geometry 20560:Nash embedding theorem 20417: 20217: 20120: 19858: 19478: 19056: 18710: 18458: 18187: 18084: 17847: 17799: 16987: 16592: 16370: 16255: 15739: 15489: 14795: 14572: 14271: 14093: 13869: 13789: 13661: 13569: 13473: 13341: 13257: 13172: 13105: 12897: 12741: 12638:once in point denoted 12632: 12542: 12510: 12417: 12361: 12108: 11690: 11664: 11504: 11260: 11073: 10970: 10842: 10764: 10488: 10437: 10360: 10333: 10300: 10265: 10215: 10174:under inclusion, is a 10168: 10144: 10076: 10050: 10015: 9780: 9751: 9684: 9660: 9633: 9604: 9512:non-Euclidean geometry 9476:spacetime dimensions. 9331:. A relativistic pure 9138:is timelike. Then the 9074:and so can be written 8973: 8774: 8626: 8554: 8392: 8218: 8125:directional derivative 8109: 7995: 7813: 7783: 7629: 7577: 7550: 7526: 7506: 7465: 7415: 7331: 7311: 7277:Given a bilinear form 7083: 6999: 6967: 6921: 6869:can be represented as 6863: 6735: 6654: 6571: 6539: 6462: 6273: 5940: 5870: 5840: 5785: 5551: 5507:and the bilinear form 5501: 5357: 5331: 5269: 5137: 5058: 4633: 4553: 4491: 4356:Minkowski norm squared 4348: 4248: 4024:Pseudo-Euclidean space 4012:light-cone coordinates 3997: 3920: 3879: 3807: 3769: 3730: 3674: 3585:pseudo-Euclidean space 3327: 3114:directional derivative 3088: 2926: 2485: 2392:Mathematical structure 2380: 2126: 2041: 1740: 1629: 1465: 960: 895: 867: 833:relativistic mechanics 699: 541:Four-dimensional space 255:Minkowski norm squared 153:is independent of the 45: 22292:Weyl−Lewis−Papapetrou 22033:Raychaudhuri equation 21972:Equivalence principle 21643:at Wikimedia Commons 21394:Annals of Mathematics 21365:Naber, G. L. (1992). 21312:"Raum und Zeit"  21026:Arch. Hist. Exact Sci 20794:Giulini 2008 pp. 5, 6 20507:flips this direction. 20437:Hyperbolic quaternion 20418: 20197: 20121: 19838: 19479: 19057: 18711: 18459: 18188: 18064: 17827: 17800: 16988: 16593: 16371: 16256: 15740: 15490: 14796: 14573: 14272: 14094: 13870: 13790: 13662: 13570: 13474: 13342: 13258: 13173: 13106: 12898: 12742: 12633: 12543: 12511: 12418: 12362: 12109: 11684: 11665: 11505: 11261: 11074: 10971: 10852:) the restriction of 10848:meaning (with slight 10843: 10793:are vector fields on 10765: 10489: 10438: 10361: 10334: 10301: 10277:for its dimension. A 10266: 10216: 10169: 10167:{\displaystyle \eta } 10145: 10090:on this submanifold, 10077: 10051: 10016: 9781: 9752: 9685: 9683:{\displaystyle \eta } 9661: 9634: 9605: 9196:Super Minkowski space 8974: 8775: 8627: 8555: 8393: 8256:. Applying this with 8219: 8110: 7996: 7814: 7784: 7630: 7578: 7576:{\displaystyle M^{*}} 7551: 7527: 7525:{\displaystyle \eta } 7507: 7471:is then the dual map 7466: 7416: 7332: 7330:{\displaystyle \eta } 7312: 7162:contravariant vectors 7030: 7000: 6968: 6922: 6864: 6736: 6655: 6572: 6540: 6463: 6274: 5941: 5871: 5841: 5786: 5552: 5502: 5358: 5332: 5277:polarization identity 5270: 5138: 5059: 4762:(or vice versa), see 4634: 4554: 4492: 4349: 4249: 3998: 3921: 3880: 3808: 3770: 3731: 3675: 3587:with total dimension 3485:differential geometry 3445:contravariant vectors 3328: 3166:such that the vector 3089: 2927: 2461: 2381: 2127: 2042: 1741: 1630: 1466: 926: 875: 856: 700: 438:Differential geometry 338:Equivalence principle 215:. It is generated by 40: 22555:Lorentzian manifolds 22540:Equations of physics 22333:Numerical relativity 22174:pulsar timing arrays 21527:Sard, R. D. (1970). 20132: 19495: 19068: 18758: 18470: 18197: 17815: 16999: 16602: 16382: 16265: 15760: 15499: 14807: 14584: 14281: 14111: 13887: 13799: 13671: 13597: 13587:. The condition for 13483: 13372: 13275: 13184: 13117: 12907: 12753: 12642: 12552: 12520: 12429: 12371: 12165: 11823: 11593: 11451: 11085: 10984: 10899: 10801: 10534: 10455: 10377: 10347: 10332:{\displaystyle 3(n)} 10314: 10299:{\displaystyle 2(2)} 10281: 10237: 10182: 10158: 10094: 10075:{\displaystyle n+1.} 10060: 10025: 9793: 9761: 9697: 9674: 9643: 9614: 9585: 9525:infinitesimal region 9182:in Minkowski space. 8823: 8671: 8568: 8453: 8284: 8184: 8063: 7856: 7793: 7639: 7587: 7560: 7540: 7516: 7475: 7427: 7341: 7321: 7281: 7236:momentum four-vector 6977: 6931: 6873: 6815: 6680: 6585: 6549: 6481: 6472:lowering of an index 6283: 6071: 5882: 5850: 5795: 5632: 5511: 5375: 5341: 5283: 5151: 5071: 4869: 4684:. There, the matrix 4567: 4505: 4368: 4276: 4210: 4028:Lorentzian manifolds 3930: 3895: 3817: 3779: 3746: 3700: 3644: 3346:displacement vectors 3200: 2936: 2501: 2143: 2069: 2065:, the inequality is 1750: 1662: 1520: 1295: 873:saw its limitation: 620: 416:Relevant mathematics 22550:Minkowski spacetime 22225:Friedmann equations 22119:Hulse–Taylor binary 22081:Gravitational waves 21977:Riemannian geometry 21803:Proper acceleration 21788:Maxwell's equations 21734:Galilean relativity 21479:1906RCMP...21..129P 21236:Lee, J. M. (1997). 21217:Lee, J. M. (2012). 21198:Lee, J. M. (2003). 21108:. pp. 85–121. 20708:Minkowski 1908–1909 20690:Minkowski 1907–1908 20664:Extract of page 184 20388: 20185: 20160: 18970: 18855: 18812: 18740:Poincaré ball model 18702: 18524: 15731: 15553: 14654: 14340: 14176: 14137: 12502: 12184: 12158:Detailed derivation 12148:are coordinates on 12136:are coordinates on 11687:Poincaré disk model 11653: 11632: 11536:the pushforward of 10959: 10938: 10483: 10411: 10339:corresponds to the 10308:Poincaré disk model 10306:corresponds to the 10223:Riemannian manifold 10210: 10178:. With this metric 10120: 10082:This is one of the 9821: 9725: 9560:hyperbolic geometry 9500:Pythagorean Theorem 9484:hyperbolic geometry 9282:-like structure on 9192:Lorentzian manifold 9178:varies, there is a 9072:transitive property 8794:component functions 8546: 8384: 8005:exterior derivative 7423:The lowered vector 7252:differential 2-form 7172:raising of an index 6994: 6946: 6916: 6888: 6858: 6830: 6630: 6602: 6566: 3572:Lorentzian manifold 3522:Lorentzian manifold 3516:For comparison, in 3398:Landau and Lifshitz 2400:. This provides an 2029: 2011: 1993: 1975: 1940: 1922: 1904: 1886: 1658:this inequality is 891:Riemannian geometry 754:spacetime continuum 718:hyperbolic rotation 285:Part of a series on 270:(as opposed to the 58:Minkowski spacetime 22560:Special relativity 22274:Reissner–Nordström 22192:Brans–Dicke theory 22023:Linearized gravity 21850:Length contraction 21768:Frame of reference 21745:Special relativity 21641:Minkowski diagrams 21487:10.1007/BF03013466 21334:Misner, Charles W. 21256:Minkowski, Hermann 21038:10.1007/BF00518231 20963:2023-08-13 at the 20922:Riemannian metrics 20839:2022-12-26 at the 20761:Schutz p. 148 20675:Poincaré 1905–1906 20613:2019-06-22 at the 20413: 20365: 20168: 20143: 20116: 20114: 19474: 19052: 18945: 18832: 18789: 18706: 18679: 18501: 18454: 18183: 17795: 17793: 16983: 16588: 16366: 16251: 16249: 15735: 15708: 15530: 15485: 15483: 14791: 14629: 14568: 14315: 14267: 14151: 14114: 14089: 13865: 13785: 13657: 13565: 13563: 13469: 13464: 13349:Next, the inverse 13337: 13253: 13251: 13168: 13101: 13096: 12893: 12891: 12737: 12628: 12538: 12506: 12486: 12413: 12357: 12168: 12159: 12104: 12102: 11691: 11660: 11639: 11609: 11500: 11256: 11069: 11065: 11053: 10966: 10945: 10915: 10838: 10760: 10484: 10458: 10433: 10386: 10359:{\displaystyle n.} 10356: 10329: 10296: 10261: 10211: 10185: 10164: 10140: 10097: 10072: 10046: 10011: 9796: 9776: 9747: 9700: 9680: 9656: 9629: 9600: 9508:general relativity 8969: 8817:general relativity 8770: 8622: 8550: 8532: 8388: 8370: 8214: 8105: 7991: 7809: 7779: 7625: 7573: 7546: 7522: 7502: 7461: 7411: 7327: 7307: 7180:. It happens that 7104:dual vector spaces 7084: 7023:tensor contraction 6995: 6980: 6963: 6934: 6917: 6902: 6876: 6859: 6844: 6818: 6731: 6650: 6616: 6588: 6581:matrix satisfying 6567: 6552: 6535: 6458: 6269: 6012:spatial components 6004:timelike component 5936: 5866: 5836: 5781: 5547: 5497: 5487: 5353: 5327: 5265: 5133: 5054: 4855:spacetime interval 4844:Minkowski distance 4629: 4549: 4487: 4344: 4244: 4036:, since it is not 3993: 3916: 3875: 3803: 3765: 3726: 3670: 3518:general relativity 3439:be concerned with 3431:introduction of a 3323: 3321: 3110:parallel transport 3084: 3070: 2922: 2920: 2486: 2376: 2374: 2134:linearly dependent 2122: 2037: 2015: 1997: 1979: 1961: 1926: 1908: 1890: 1872: 1746:or algebraically, 1736: 1625: 1461: 1201:similarly directed 961: 829:length contraction 695: 481:Physics portal 458:Spacetime topology 433:Spacetime diagrams 361:General relativity 333:Spacetime manifold 326:Spacetime concepts 315:General relativity 310:Special relativity 263:spacetime interval 209:Euclidean distance 186:length contraction 182:general relativity 178:special relativity 147:spacetime interval 120:in the absence of 46: 22570:Hermann Minkowski 22527: 22526: 22341: 22340: 22320:Ozsváth–Schücking 21926: 21925: 21908:Minkowski diagram 21865:Thomas precession 21808:Relativistic mass 21639:Media related to 21620:978-0-521-55001-7 21592:978-0-8176-4060-6 21569:978-0-12-639201-2 21380:978-0-387-97848-2 21357:978-0-7167-0344-0 21350:, W. 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Freeman, 21247:978-0-387-98322-6 21228:978-1-4419-9981-8 21209:978-0-387-95448-6 21160:978-0-07-035048-9 21084:978-3-7643-8613-9 21067:Birkhäuser Verlag 20865:978-1-108-48839-6 20834:Extract of page 8 20817:978-0-486-43235-9 20724:Cornelius Lanczos 20658:978-0-582-31760-4 20558:according to the 20518:Riemannian metric 20428: 20427: 20360: 20107: 20010: 19807: 19793: 19691: 19620: 19552: 19469: 19445: 19407: 19377: 19354: 19311: 19287: 19272: 19232: 19210: 19163: 18720: 18719: 18674: 18449: 18324: 18178: 18053: 17976: 17945: 17868: 17786: 17682: 17473: 16978: 16583: 16345: 16281: 16229: 16120: 16056: 16014: 15851: 15787: 15703: 15465: 15339: 15231: 15228: 15210: 15146: 15115: 15051: 15007: 14943: 14914: 14558: 14495: 14079: 14017: 13860: 13764: 13723: 13556: 13525: 13332: 13163: 13133: 13016: 12927: 12875: 12847: 12807: 12779: 12536: 12157: 12090: 12028: 11888: 11674: 11673: 11582:of the function. 11514:is a function on 11081:It is defined by 11062: 11005: 11003: 10850:abuse of notation 10227:hyperboloid model 10176:Riemannian metric 9654: 9545:Hyperboloid model 9093:causally precedes 8513: 8365: 8324: 8235:. In coordinates 8090: 8035:symmetric product 7549:{\displaystyle M} 7158:covariant vectors 7116:linear functional 5978:is used to write 5976:Einstein notation 5306: 4824:Lorentzian metric 4802:orthonormal basis 4619: 4613: 4038:positive-definite 3952: 3441:covariant vectors 3079: 3007: 2992: 2756: 2582: 2572: 2035: 1623: 1557: 943:(also called the 935:(also called the 821:Minkowski diagram 729:Maxwell equations 690: 532: 531: 391:Classical gravity 266:distance) is the 199:In 3-dimensional 159:Hermann Minkowski 42:Hermann Minkowski 16:(Redirected from 22577: 22519: 22518: 22302:van Stockum dust 22074:Two-body problem 21992:Mach's principle 21939: 21938: 21880:Terrell rotation 21720: 21719: 21698: 21691: 21684: 21675: 21674: 21650: 21638: 21623: 21596: 21573: 21557: 21546: 21534: 21505: 21454: 21426: 21384: 21360: 21342:Wheeler, John A. 21324: 21314: 21297: 21288:(288): 288–302. 21276:"Space and Time" 21269: 21263: 21251: 21232: 21213: 21194: 21164: 21125: 21114:10.2307/27757388 21096: 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12033: 12021: 12016: 12015: 12007: 11998: 11994: 11993: 11986: 11981: 11980: 11972: 11963: 11959: 11958: 11956: 11952: 11948: 11941: 11933: 11913: 11901: 11897: 11894: 11893: 11877: 11871: 11867: 11865: 11858: 11853: 11842: 11826: 11824: 11821: 11820: 11815: 11810: 11809: 11808: 11796: 11787: 11782: 11781: 11780: 11772: 11758: 11736: 11730: 11726: 11720: 11706: 11702: 11698: 11695:parametrization 11679: 11648: 11643: 11627: 11613: 11600: 11596: 11594: 11591: 11590: 11573: 11567: 11563: 11560:Jacobian matrix 11554:, the ordinary 11541: 11537: 11519: 11515: 11511: 11458: 11454: 11452: 11449: 11448: 11434: 11431: 11417: 11408: 11404: 11387: 11373: 11363: 11353: 11339: 11329: 11327: 11319: 11312: 11306: 11300: 11294: 11286: 11285:are vectors in 11275: 11271: 11242: 11238: 11232: 11228: 11211: 11207: 11201: 11197: 11187: 11183: 11177: 11173: 11172: 11168: 11151: 11147: 11130: 11126: 11116: 11112: 11111: 11107: 11092: 11088: 11086: 11083: 11082: 11059: 11055: 11043: 11039: 11024: 11020: 11011: 11007: 11006: 11004: 10991: 10987: 10985: 10982: 10981: 10977: 10954: 10949: 10933: 10919: 10906: 10902: 10900: 10897: 10896: 10882: 10878: 10874: 10872: 10857: 10853: 10829: 10824: 10823: 10808: 10804: 10802: 10799: 10798: 10794: 10791: 10784: 10777: 10771: 10746: 10742: 10725: 10721: 10711: 10707: 10706: 10702: 10685: 10681: 10675: 10671: 10654: 10650: 10644: 10640: 10630: 10626: 10620: 10616: 10615: 10611: 10594: 10590: 10573: 10569: 10559: 10555: 10554: 10550: 10541: 10537: 10535: 10532: 10531: 10527: 10523: 10519: 10515: 10511: 10509: 10469: 10464: 10459: 10456: 10453: 10452: 10421: 10416: 10415: 10397: 10392: 10387: 10378: 10375: 10374: 10371: 10348: 10345: 10344: 10315: 10312: 10311: 10282: 10279: 10278: 10272: 10255: 10251: 10246: 10238: 10235: 10234: 10196: 10191: 10186: 10183: 10180: 10179: 10159: 10156: 10155: 10128: 10124: 10106: 10101: 10095: 10092: 10091: 10061: 10058: 10057: 10034: 10029: 10028: 10026: 10023: 10022: 9985: 9981: 9972: 9962: 9958: 9954: 9953: 9938: 9928: 9924: 9920: 9919: 9910: 9906: 9900: 9896: 9887: 9882: 9881: 9867: 9863: 9848: 9844: 9834: 9830: 9829: 9825: 9807: 9802: 9797: 9794: 9791: 9790: 9762: 9759: 9758: 9735: 9730: 9729: 9711: 9706: 9701: 9698: 9695: 9694: 9675: 9672: 9671: 9646: 9644: 9641: 9640: 9623: 9618: 9617: 9615: 9612: 9611: 9594: 9589: 9588: 9586: 9583: 9582: 9547: 9541: 9492: 9480:de Sitter space 9473: 9462: 9450: 9442: 9434: 9428: 9422: 9415: 9411: 9395: 9388: 9380: 9373: 9367: 9353: 9350: 9340: 9329: 9315: 9292: 9289: 9283: 9273: 9267: 9261: 9255:magnetic moment 9223: 9217: 9214: 9205: 9201: 9198: 9190:Main articles: 9188: 9186:Generalizations 9173: 9149: 9143: 9129: 9115: 9101: 9095: 9087: 9075: 9061: 9055: 9047: 9030: 9027: 9022: 9021: 9016: 9003: 8995: 8980: 8960: 8956: 8950: 8946: 8937: 8933: 8900: 8889: 8885: 8881: 8878: 8877: 8871: 8860: 8856: 8852: 8849: 8848: 8839: 8835: 8824: 8821: 8820: 8805: 8801: 8797: 8787: 8781: 8761: 8757: 8751: 8747: 8738: 8734: 8710: 8706: 8694: 8690: 8678: 8674: 8672: 8669: 8668: 8662: 8656: 8643: 8633: 8569: 8566: 8565: 8561: 8541: 8536: 8519: 8506: 8502: 8498: 8493: 8490: 8489: 8485: 8479: 8468: 8464: 8460: 8457: 8456: 8454: 8451: 8450: 8449:to each other, 8443: 8433: 8430: 8421: 8417: 8414: 8405: 8401: 8379: 8374: 8358: 8354: 8350: 8343: 8339: 8335: 8333: 8317: 8313: 8309: 8304: 8300: 8294: 8290: 8285: 8282: 8281: 8267: 8257: 8254: 8244: 8240: 8236: 8232: 8228: 8185: 8182: 8181: 8177: 8169: 8163: 8156: 8142: 8136: 8132: 8128: 8120: 8116: 8096: 8083: 8079: 8075: 8070: 8067: 8066: 8064: 8061: 8060: 8038: 8030: 8026: 8018: 8014: 8008: 7982: 7978: 7969: 7965: 7953: 7949: 7940: 7936: 7924: 7920: 7908: 7904: 7895: 7891: 7879: 7875: 7863: 7859: 7857: 7854: 7853: 7849: 7837: 7826: 7820: 7800: 7796: 7794: 7791: 7790: 7758: 7754: 7733: 7729: 7696: 7692: 7684: 7675: 7671: 7662: 7658: 7646: 7642: 7640: 7637: 7636: 7610: 7606: 7594: 7590: 7588: 7585: 7584: 7567: 7563: 7561: 7558: 7557: 7541: 7538: 7537: 7517: 7514: 7513: 7476: 7473: 7472: 7455: 7451: 7428: 7425: 7424: 7375: 7371: 7342: 7339: 7338: 7322: 7319: 7318: 7302: 7282: 7279: 7278: 7275: 7259:Weinberg (2002) 7232:de Broglie wave 7202: 7201:(eta-flat) and 7196: 7193: 7181: 7175: 7165: 7151: 7148: 7136: 7128: 7122: 7107: 7099: 7095: 7087: 7072:Euclidean space 7062: 7056: 7050: 7044: 7038: 7032: 7025: 7017:Main articles: 7015: 7006: 6989: 6984: 6978: 6975: 6974: 6957: 6953: 6938: 6932: 6929: 6928: 6911: 6906: 6896: 6892: 6880: 6874: 6871: 6870: 6853: 6848: 6838: 6834: 6822: 6816: 6813: 6812: 6808: 6800: 6792: 6784: 6776: 6772: 6765: 6758: 6751: 6744: 6681: 6678: 6677: 6671: 6665: 6661: 6638: 6634: 6625: 6620: 6607: 6603: 6597: 6592: 6586: 6583: 6582: 6578: 6561: 6556: 6550: 6547: 6546: 6523: 6519: 6507: 6503: 6494: 6490: 6482: 6479: 6478: 6449: 6445: 6439: 6435: 6426: 6422: 6416: 6412: 6403: 6399: 6393: 6389: 6380: 6376: 6370: 6366: 6357: 6353: 6347: 6343: 6334: 6330: 6324: 6320: 6311: 6307: 6284: 6281: 6280: 6260: 6256: 6250: 6246: 6237: 6233: 6227: 6223: 6214: 6210: 6204: 6200: 6191: 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3489: 3476: 3458: 3452: 3409: 3405: 3401: 3394:Steven Weinberg 3389: 3385: 3381: 3374:sign convention 3362: 3349: 3341: 3338: 3337: 3320: 3319: 3310: 3306: 3300: 3293: 3289: 3288: 3287: 3280: 3273: 3269: 3265: 3262: 3261: 3252: 3248: 3242: 3235: 3231: 3230: 3229: 3222: 3215: 3211: 3207: 3203: 3201: 3198: 3197: 3191: 3177: 3173: 3167: 3163: 3153: 3152:column vectors 3149: 3143: 3139: 3125: 3103: 3097: 3076: 3069: 3068: 3062: 3061: 3055: 3054: 3048: 3047: 3040: 3036: 3027: 3022: 3021: 3015: 3010: 3009: 3004: 2998: 2985: 2981: 2977: 2972: 2969: 2968: 2959: 2949: 2944: 2943: 2940: 2939: 2937: 2934: 2933: 2919: 2918: 2912: 2901: 2896: 2895: 2889: 2885: 2884: 2881: 2880: 2871: 2860: 2855: 2854: 2848: 2844: 2843: 2840: 2839: 2830: 2819: 2814: 2813: 2807: 2803: 2802: 2799: 2798: 2789: 2778: 2773: 2772: 2766: 2762: 2761: 2758: 2757: 2745: 2744: 2738: 2727: 2722: 2721: 2715: 2711: 2710: 2707: 2706: 2697: 2686: 2681: 2680: 2674: 2670: 2669: 2666: 2665: 2656: 2645: 2640: 2639: 2633: 2629: 2628: 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22428:Choquet-Bruhat 22425: 22420: 22415: 22410: 22405: 22400: 22395: 22390: 22385: 22380: 22375: 22370: 22365: 22360: 22355: 22349: 22347: 22343: 22342: 22339: 22338: 22336: 22335: 22328: 22327: 22322: 22317: 22310: 22309: 22304: 22299: 22294: 22289: 22280:Axisymmetric: 22277: 22276: 22271: 22265: 22254: 22253: 22248: 22243: 22238: 22233: 22228: 22219:Cosmological: 22216: 22214: 22208: 22207: 22205: 22204: 22199: 22194: 22188: 22186: 22180: 22179: 22177: 22176: 22171: 22160:frame-dragging 22157: 22152: 22147: 22144:Einstein rings 22140:Einstein cross 22133: 22122: 22121: 22116: 22110: 22105: 22100: 22087: 22077: 22076: 22071: 22066: 22061: 22055: 22053: 22049: 22048: 22046: 22045: 22043:Ernst equation 22040: 22035: 22030: 22025: 22020: 22015: 22013:BSSN formalism 22010: 22004: 22002: 21998: 21997: 21995: 21994: 21989: 21984: 21979: 21974: 21968: 21966: 21960: 21959: 21957: 21956: 21951: 21945: 21943: 21936: 21928: 21927: 21924: 21923: 21921: 21920: 21915: 21910: 21905: 21900: 21894: 21892: 21886: 21885: 21883: 21882: 21877: 21872: 21870:Ladder paradox 21867: 21862: 21857: 21852: 21847: 21842: 21836: 21834: 21830: 21829: 21827: 21826: 21820: 21818: 21814: 21813: 21811: 21810: 21805: 21800: 21795: 21790: 21785: 21780: 21775: 21773:Speed of light 21770: 21764: 21762: 21756: 21755: 21753: 21752: 21747: 21742: 21736: 21726: 21724: 21717: 21709: 21708: 21701: 21700: 21693: 21686: 21678: 21672: 21671: 21662: 21657: 21649:Animation clip 21631: 21630:External links 21628: 21626: 21625: 21619: 21597: 21591: 21574: 21568: 21560:Academic Press 21547: 21542:978-0805384918 21541: 21524: 21517: 21510: 21455: 21449: 21431:Penrose, Roger 21427: 21385: 21379: 21362: 21356: 21330: 21327:Space and Time 21306: 21305: 21304: 21298: 21252: 21246: 21233: 21227: 21214: 21208: 21195: 21189: 21173:Lifshitz, E.M. 21165: 21159: 21133: 21126: 21097: 21083: 21058: 21032:(4): 273–314. 21020: 21018: 21015: 21013: 21012: 21001: 20989: 20977: 20968: 20949: 20938: 20926: 20910: 20896: 20883: 20871: 20864: 20844: 20816: 20796: 20787: 20775: 20763: 20754: 20745: 20736: 20716: 20712:Space and Time 20697: 20682: 20667: 20657: 20637: 20625: 20599: 20597: 20594: 20592: 20591: 20543: 20526: 20509: 20494: 20485: 20475: 20461: 20459: 20456: 20455: 20454: 20449: 20444: 20439: 20432: 20429: 20426: 20425: 20412: 20409: 20406: 20403: 20400: 20397: 20394: 20391: 20386: 20383: 20380: 20377: 20372: 20368: 20364: 20357: 20352: 20346: 20341: 20336: 20332: 20328: 20323: 20319: 20314: 20306: 20301: 20296: 20292: 20286: 20282: 20278: 20272: 20267: 20263: 20259: 20256: 20253: 20250: 20245: 20240: 20234: 20230: 20226: 20222: 20215: 20210: 20207: 20204: 20200: 20196: 20192: 20188: 20183: 20180: 20175: 20171: 20166: 20163: 20158: 20155: 20150: 20146: 20141: 20137: 20111: 20104: 20099: 20093: 20088: 20083: 20079: 20075: 20070: 20066: 20061: 20055: 20051: 20046: 20042: 20038: 20033: 20029: 20025: 20019: 20015: 20006: 20001: 19996: 19992: 19988: 19983: 19979: 19971: 19966: 19961: 19957: 19953: 19948: 19944: 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10581: 10576: 10572: 10567: 10562: 10558: 10553: 10549: 10544: 10540: 10530:it holds that 10502: 10501: 10481: 10478: 10475: 10472: 10467: 10462: 10430: 10427: 10424: 10419: 10414: 10409: 10406: 10403: 10400: 10395: 10390: 10385: 10382: 10370: 10367: 10355: 10352: 10328: 10325: 10322: 10319: 10295: 10292: 10289: 10286: 10258: 10254: 10249: 10245: 10242: 10208: 10205: 10202: 10199: 10194: 10189: 10163: 10139: 10136: 10131: 10127: 10123: 10118: 10115: 10112: 10109: 10104: 10100: 10088:induced metric 10071: 10068: 10065: 10043: 10040: 10037: 10032: 10009: 10005: 10002: 9999: 9996: 9993: 9988: 9984: 9980: 9975: 9970: 9965: 9961: 9957: 9952: 9949: 9946: 9941: 9936: 9931: 9927: 9923: 9918: 9913: 9909: 9903: 9899: 9895: 9890: 9885: 9880: 9876: 9870: 9866: 9862: 9859: 9856: 9851: 9847: 9843: 9840: 9837: 9833: 9828: 9824: 9819: 9816: 9813: 9810: 9805: 9800: 9775: 9772: 9769: 9766: 9744: 9741: 9738: 9733: 9728: 9723: 9720: 9717: 9714: 9709: 9704: 9679: 9653: 9650: 9626: 9621: 9597: 9592: 9543:Main article: 9540: 9537: 9531:for which the 9496:flat spacetime 9491: 9488: 9410: 9407: 9348: 9327: 9291:is defined as 9287: 9271: 9237:, such as the 9221: 9213: 9210: 9187: 9184: 9126: 9125: 9085: 9026: 9023: 8968: 8963: 8959: 8953: 8949: 8943: 8940: 8936: 8932: 8929: 8926: 8923: 8920: 8917: 8914: 8911: 8908: 8903: 8898: 8892: 8888: 8884: 8880: 8874: 8869: 8863: 8859: 8855: 8851: 8845: 8842: 8838: 8834: 8831: 8828: 8769: 8764: 8760: 8754: 8750: 8744: 8741: 8737: 8733: 8730: 8727: 8724: 8721: 8718: 8713: 8709: 8705: 8702: 8697: 8693: 8689: 8684: 8681: 8677: 8621: 8618: 8615: 8612: 8609: 8606: 8603: 8600: 8597: 8594: 8591: 8588: 8585: 8582: 8579: 8576: 8573: 8549: 8544: 8539: 8535: 8531: 8527: 8522: 8517: 8509: 8505: 8501: 8497: 8492: 8488: 8482: 8477: 8471: 8467: 8463: 8459: 8439: 8426: 8420:and the bases 8410: 8387: 8382: 8377: 8373: 8369: 8361: 8357: 8353: 8346: 8342: 8338: 8332: 8328: 8320: 8316: 8312: 8308: 8303: 8297: 8293: 8289: 8280:, one obtains 8250: 8213: 8210: 8207: 8204: 8201: 8198: 8195: 8192: 8189: 8174:covector field 8168:of a function 8104: 8099: 8094: 8086: 8082: 8078: 8074: 8069: 8023:tensor product 7990: 7985: 7981: 7977: 7972: 7968: 7964: 7959: 7956: 7952: 7948: 7943: 7939: 7935: 7932: 7927: 7923: 7919: 7914: 7911: 7907: 7903: 7898: 7894: 7890: 7887: 7882: 7878: 7874: 7869: 7866: 7862: 7850: 7847: 7846: 7836: 7833: 7806: 7803: 7799: 7778: 7775: 7772: 7769: 7764: 7761: 7757: 7753: 7750: 7747: 7744: 7739: 7736: 7732: 7728: 7725: 7722: 7719: 7716: 7713: 7710: 7707: 7702: 7699: 7695: 7691: 7687: 7683: 7678: 7674: 7670: 7665: 7661: 7657: 7652: 7649: 7645: 7624: 7621: 7618: 7613: 7609: 7605: 7600: 7597: 7593: 7570: 7566: 7545: 7521: 7501: 7498: 7495: 7492: 7489: 7486: 7483: 7480: 7458: 7454: 7450: 7447: 7444: 7441: 7438: 7435: 7432: 7410: 7407: 7404: 7401: 7398: 7395: 7392: 7389: 7386: 7383: 7378: 7374: 7370: 7367: 7364: 7361: 7358: 7355: 7352: 7349: 7346: 7326: 7305: 7301: 7298: 7295: 7292: 7289: 7286: 7274: 7271: 7189: 7144: 7132: 7043:and their sum 7014: 7011: 6992: 6987: 6983: 6960: 6956: 6952: 6949: 6945: 6941: 6937: 6914: 6909: 6905: 6899: 6895: 6891: 6887: 6883: 6879: 6856: 6851: 6847: 6841: 6837: 6833: 6829: 6825: 6821: 6806: 6798: 6790: 6782: 6770: 6763: 6756: 6749: 6730: 6727: 6724: 6721: 6718: 6715: 6712: 6709: 6706: 6703: 6700: 6697: 6694: 6691: 6688: 6685: 6649: 6644: 6641: 6637: 6633: 6628: 6623: 6619: 6613: 6610: 6606: 6600: 6595: 6591: 6564: 6559: 6555: 6534: 6529: 6526: 6522: 6518: 6515: 6510: 6506: 6502: 6497: 6493: 6489: 6486: 6457: 6452: 6448: 6442: 6438: 6434: 6429: 6425: 6419: 6415: 6411: 6406: 6402: 6396: 6392: 6388: 6383: 6379: 6373: 6369: 6365: 6360: 6356: 6350: 6346: 6342: 6337: 6333: 6327: 6323: 6317: 6314: 6310: 6306: 6303: 6300: 6297: 6294: 6291: 6288: 6268: 6263: 6259: 6253: 6249: 6245: 6240: 6236: 6230: 6226: 6222: 6217: 6213: 6207: 6203: 6199: 6194: 6190: 6184: 6180: 6176: 6171: 6167: 6161: 6157: 6153: 6148: 6144: 6138: 6134: 6130: 6125: 6121: 6115: 6111: 6105: 6102: 6098: 6094: 6091: 6088: 6085: 6082: 6079: 6076: 6049: 6042: 6035: 6002:is called the 5990: 5935: 5930: 5927: 5923: 5919: 5916: 5911: 5907: 5903: 5898: 5894: 5890: 5887: 5865: 5861: 5858: 5855: 5835: 5832: 5829: 5824: 5820: 5816: 5811: 5807: 5803: 5800: 5791:and for which 5780: 5777: 5774: 5769: 5765: 5761: 5756: 5752: 5748: 5745: 5742: 5739: 5734: 5730: 5726: 5721: 5717: 5713: 5710: 5707: 5704: 5699: 5695: 5691: 5686: 5682: 5678: 5675: 5672: 5669: 5664: 5660: 5656: 5651: 5647: 5643: 5640: 5637: 5623: 5616: 5609: 5602: 5593: 5592:Standard basis 5590: 5546: 5543: 5540: 5537: 5534: 5531: 5528: 5525: 5522: 5519: 5516: 5496: 5491: 5484: 5481: 5478: 5476: 5473: 5471: 5468: 5466: 5463: 5462: 5459: 5456: 5454: 5451: 5448: 5446: 5443: 5441: 5438: 5437: 5434: 5431: 5429: 5426: 5424: 5421: 5418: 5416: 5413: 5412: 5409: 5406: 5404: 5401: 5399: 5396: 5394: 5391: 5390: 5387: 5383: 5380: 5352: 5349: 5346: 5326: 5323: 5319: 5316: 5313: 5301: 5297: 5294: 5291: 5288: 5262: 5258: 5252: 5248: 5244: 5239: 5235: 5229: 5225: 5221: 5216: 5212: 5206: 5202: 5198: 5193: 5189: 5183: 5179: 5173: 5169: 5165: 5162: 5159: 5156: 5145:quadratic form 5130: 5126: 5122: 5117: 5113: 5109: 5104: 5100: 5096: 5091: 5087: 5081: 5077: 5053: 5048: 5043: 5037: 5033: 5029: 5024: 5020: 5015: 5010: 5005: 5000: 4994: 4990: 4986: 4981: 4977: 4972: 4967: 4962: 4957: 4951: 4947: 4943: 4938: 4934: 4929: 4924: 4919: 4914: 4908: 4904: 4900: 4895: 4891: 4886: 4879: 4875: 4839: 4836: 4809:inertial frame 4640: 4639: 4628: 4625: 4622: 4616: 4610: 4607: 4604: 4601: 4597: 4594: 4591: 4588: 4585: 4581: 4578: 4575: 4572: 4562: 4561:Non-degeneracy 4559: 4548: 4545: 4541: 4538: 4535: 4532: 4529: 4526: 4523: 4519: 4516: 4513: 4510: 4500: 4497: 4485: 4481: 4478: 4475: 4471: 4468: 4465: 4462: 4458: 4455: 4452: 4448: 4445: 4442: 4438: 4435: 4432: 4429: 4426: 4423: 4420: 4416: 4413: 4410: 4407: 4404: 4401: 4398: 4395: 4391: 4388: 4385: 4382: 4379: 4376: 4373: 4363: 4343: 4338: 4334: 4330: 4325: 4321: 4317: 4314: 4311: 4308: 4305: 4302: 4299: 4296: 4293: 4290: 4287: 4284: 4281: 4243: 4240: 4236: 4233: 4230: 4227: 4224: 4221: 4218: 4215: 4137: 4103: 4092: 4083: 4042:quadratic form 4019: 4016: 3992: 3989: 3986: 3983: 3980: 3977: 3974: 3971: 3968: 3965: 3962: 3959: 3956: 3948: 3943: 3940: 3936: 3913: 3910: 3907: 3902: 3874: 3869: 3866: 3862: 3858: 3853: 3848: 3843: 3840: 3835: 3832: 3829: 3824: 3802: 3799: 3796: 3793: 3790: 3787: 3784: 3764: 3759: 3755: 3751: 3723: 3719: 3715: 3710: 3706: 3686:has signature 3668: 3664: 3661: 3658: 3655: 3652: 3649: 3552:at each point 3543: 3494: 3491: 3382: 3379: 3378: 3361: 3358: 3318: 3313: 3309: 3303: 3296: 3292: 3286: 3283: 3281: 3276: 3272: 3268: 3264: 3263: 3260: 3255: 3251: 3245: 3238: 3234: 3228: 3225: 3223: 3218: 3214: 3210: 3206: 3205: 3186:. This is the 3158:associated to 3140: 3137: 3136: 3083: 3074: 3067: 3064: 3063: 3060: 3057: 3056: 3053: 3050: 3049: 3046: 3043: 3042: 3039: 3035: 3030: 3025: 3018: 3013: 3006: or  3001: 2996: 2988: 2984: 2980: 2976: 2971: 2967: 2962: 2957: 2952: 2947: 2942: 2915: 2910: 2904: 2899: 2892: 2888: 2883: 2879: 2874: 2869: 2863: 2858: 2851: 2847: 2842: 2838: 2833: 2828: 2822: 2817: 2810: 2806: 2801: 2797: 2792: 2787: 2781: 2776: 2769: 2765: 2760: 2753: 2750: 2748: 2746: 2741: 2736: 2730: 2725: 2718: 2714: 2709: 2705: 2700: 2695: 2689: 2684: 2677: 2673: 2668: 2664: 2659: 2654: 2648: 2643: 2636: 2632: 2627: 2623: 2618: 2613: 2607: 2602: 2595: 2591: 2586: 2579: 2576: 2574: 2568: 2562: 2558: 2553: 2548: 2544: 2539: 2534: 2530: 2525: 2520: 2516: 2511: 2507: 2506: 2455: 2452: 2398:inertial frame 2393: 2390: 2371: 2366: 2361: 2356: 2353: 2350: 2346: 2342: 2339: 2336: 2331: 2326: 2321: 2316: 2313: 2310: 2305: 2301: 2298: 2295: 2290: 2287: 2284: 2280: 2277: 2272: 2267: 2264: 2261: 2256: 2253: 2251: 2249: 2244: 2239: 2236: 2233: 2228: 2224: 2220: 2217: 2214: 2210: 2206: 2203: 2198: 2193: 2190: 2187: 2182: 2179: 2177: 2173: 2168: 2164: 2161: 2158: 2154: 2149: 2148: 2121: 2117: 2114: 2111: 2107: 2103: 2100: 2097: 2093: 2089: 2085: 2082: 2079: 2075: 2054: 2051: 2033: 2027: 2022: 2018: 2014: 2009: 2004: 2000: 1996: 1991: 1986: 1982: 1978: 1973: 1968: 1964: 1958: 1954: 1949: 1944: 1938: 1933: 1929: 1925: 1920: 1915: 1911: 1907: 1902: 1897: 1893: 1889: 1884: 1879: 1875: 1869: 1865: 1860: 1854: 1849: 1845: 1839: 1835: 1831: 1826: 1822: 1816: 1812: 1808: 1803: 1799: 1793: 1789: 1785: 1780: 1776: 1770: 1766: 1760: 1756: 1734: 1729: 1725: 1721: 1716: 1711: 1707: 1703: 1699: 1696: 1691: 1687: 1683: 1678: 1674: 1670: 1667: 1654: 1645: 1620: 1616: 1612: 1607: 1603: 1599: 1594: 1590: 1586: 1581: 1577: 1571: 1567: 1561: 1556: 1553: 1550: 1547: 1544: 1541: 1536: 1532: 1529: 1526: 1516:is defined as 1490: 1487: 1460: 1455: 1451: 1445: 1441: 1437: 1432: 1428: 1422: 1418: 1414: 1409: 1405: 1399: 1395: 1391: 1386: 1382: 1376: 1372: 1366: 1362: 1358: 1353: 1349: 1345: 1340: 1336: 1332: 1329: 1324: 1320: 1316: 1311: 1307: 1303: 1300: 1286: 1279: 1272: 1265: 1258: 1248: 1241: 1234: 1227: 1220: 1213:scalar product 1208: 1207:Scalar product 1205: 1195: 1192: 1170: 1169: 1166: 1163: 1152: 1151: 1148: 1117:scalar product 1115:, also called 1045:. A vector is 917:Main article: 914: 911: 899:Galison (1979) 861: 837:Poincaré group 761: 758: 694: 686: 681: 677: 673: 670: 667: 664: 661: 656: 652: 648: 643: 639: 635: 630: 626: 577:imaginary unit 567:speed of light 547:Henri Poincaré 536: 533: 530: 529: 527: 526: 519: 512: 504: 501: 500: 498: 497: 484: 469: 466: 465: 461: 460: 455: 450: 445: 440: 435: 430: 425: 419: 418: 415: 414: 411: 410: 406: 405: 400: 394: 393: 390: 389: 386: 385: 381: 380: 375: 370: 364: 363: 360: 359: 356: 355: 351: 350: 345: 340: 335: 329: 328: 325: 324: 321: 320: 318: 317: 312: 306: 303: 302: 294: 293: 287: 286: 279: 276: 272:Galilean group 268:Poincaré group 244:non-degenerate 233:Poincaré group 229:Lorentz boosts 205:isometry group 167:Henri Poincaré 124:. It combines 26: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 22582: 22571: 22568: 22566: 22563: 22561: 22558: 22556: 22553: 22551: 22548: 22546: 22543: 22541: 22538: 22537: 22535: 22522: 22512: 22506: 22505: 22501: 22499: 22496: 22494: 22491: 22489: 22486: 22484: 22481: 22479: 22476: 22474: 22471: 22469: 22466: 22464: 22461: 22459: 22456: 22454: 22451: 22449: 22446: 22444: 22441: 22439: 22436: 22434: 22431: 22429: 22426: 22424: 22421: 22419: 22416: 22414: 22413:Chandrasekhar 22411: 22409: 22406: 22404: 22401: 22399: 22396: 22394: 22391: 22389: 22386: 22384: 22381: 22379: 22376: 22374: 22373:Schwarzschild 22371: 22369: 22366: 22364: 22361: 22359: 22356: 22354: 22351: 22350: 22348: 22344: 22334: 22330: 22329: 22326: 22323: 22321: 22318: 22316: 22312: 22311: 22308: 22305: 22303: 22300: 22298: 22295: 22293: 22290: 22287: 22283: 22279: 22278: 22275: 22272: 22269: 22266: 22264: 22260: 22259:Schwarzschild 22256: 22255: 22252: 22249: 22247: 22244: 22242: 22239: 22237: 22234: 22232: 22229: 22226: 22222: 22218: 22217: 22215: 22213: 22209: 22203: 22200: 22198: 22195: 22193: 22190: 22189: 22187: 22181: 22175: 22172: 22169: 22165: 22161: 22158: 22156: 22155:Shapiro delay 22153: 22151: 22148: 22145: 22141: 22137: 22134: 22131: 22127: 22124: 22123: 22120: 22117: 22114: 22111: 22109: 22106: 22104: 22101: 22099: 22098:collaboration 22095: 22091: 22088: 22086: 22082: 22079: 22078: 22075: 22072: 22070: 22067: 22065: 22064:Event horizon 22062: 22060: 22057: 22056: 22054: 22050: 22044: 22041: 22039: 22036: 22034: 22031: 22029: 22026: 22024: 22021: 22019: 22016: 22014: 22011: 22009: 22008:ADM formalism 22006: 22005: 22003: 21999: 21993: 21990: 21988: 21985: 21983: 21980: 21978: 21975: 21973: 21970: 21969: 21967: 21961: 21955: 21952: 21950: 21947: 21946: 21944: 21940: 21937: 21935: 21929: 21919: 21916: 21914: 21913:Biquaternions 21911: 21909: 21906: 21904: 21901: 21899: 21896: 21895: 21893: 21891: 21887: 21881: 21878: 21876: 21873: 21871: 21868: 21866: 21863: 21861: 21858: 21856: 21853: 21851: 21848: 21846: 21843: 21841: 21840:Time dilation 21838: 21837: 21835: 21831: 21825: 21822: 21821: 21819: 21815: 21809: 21806: 21804: 21801: 21799: 21796: 21794: 21793:Proper length 21791: 21789: 21786: 21784: 21781: 21779: 21776: 21774: 21771: 21769: 21766: 21765: 21763: 21757: 21751: 21748: 21746: 21743: 21740: 21737: 21735: 21731: 21728: 21727: 21725: 21721: 21718: 21716: 21710: 21706: 21699: 21694: 21692: 21687: 21685: 21680: 21679: 21676: 21670: 21666: 21663: 21661: 21658: 21655: 21651: 21646: 21645: 21644: 21642: 21637: 21622: 21616: 21612: 21608: 21607: 21602: 21598: 21594: 21588: 21584: 21580: 21575: 21571: 21565: 21561: 21556: 21555: 21548: 21544: 21538: 21533: 21532: 21525: 21522: 21518: 21515: 21511: 21509: 21504: 21500: 21496: 21492: 21488: 21484: 21480: 21476: 21472: 21468: 21464: 21461:(1905–1906), 21460: 21456: 21452: 21450:9780679454434 21446: 21442: 21438: 21437: 21432: 21428: 21424: 21420: 21416: 21412: 21408: 21404: 21400: 21396: 21395: 21390: 21386: 21382: 21376: 21372: 21368: 21363: 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10470: 10465: 10450: 10446: 10445:inclusion map 10428: 10425: 10422: 10404: 10398: 10393: 10383: 10380: 10369:Preliminaries 10366: 10353: 10350: 10343:of dimension 10342: 10323: 10317: 10309: 10290: 10284: 10275: 10256: 10252: 10247: 10243: 10240: 10232: 10228: 10224: 10203: 10197: 10192: 10177: 10161: 10153: 10137: 10134: 10129: 10125: 10121: 10113: 10107: 10102: 10098: 10089: 10085: 10069: 10066: 10063: 10041: 10038: 10035: 10007: 10003: 10000: 9997: 9994: 9991: 9986: 9982: 9978: 9973: 9968: 9963: 9959: 9955: 9950: 9947: 9944: 9939: 9934: 9929: 9925: 9921: 9916: 9911: 9907: 9901: 9897: 9893: 9888: 9878: 9874: 9868: 9864: 9860: 9857: 9854: 9849: 9845: 9841: 9838: 9835: 9831: 9826: 9822: 9814: 9808: 9803: 9789: 9773: 9770: 9767: 9764: 9742: 9739: 9736: 9726: 9718: 9712: 9707: 9691: 9677: 9669: 9648: 9624: 9595: 9580: 9575: 9573: 9569: 9565: 9561: 9557: 9552: 9546: 9536: 9534: 9533:tangent space 9530: 9526: 9521: 9519: 9518: 9513: 9509: 9505: 9501: 9497: 9487: 9486:(see below). 9485: 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4341: 4336: 4332: 4328: 4323: 4315: 4309: 4303: 4300: 4297: 4291: 4288: 4285: 4282: 4279: 4271: 4267: 4266:inner product 4263: 4258: 4238: 4234: 4231: 4225: 4222: 4219: 4216: 4213: 4204: 4193: 4188: 4175: 4160: 4156: 4150: 4144: 4140: 4136: 4130: 4124: 4118: 4114: 4110: 4106: 4102: 4098:, vectors in 4095: 4091: 4086: 4082: 4073: 4065: 4055: 4051: 4047: 4043: 4039: 4035: 4034:inner product 4029: 4025: 4015: 4013: 4009: 4004: 3987: 3984: 3981: 3978: 3975: 3972: 3969: 3966: 3963: 3960: 3957: 3946: 3941: 3938: 3934: 3911: 3908: 3905: 3889: 3867: 3864: 3860: 3856: 3851: 3838: 3833: 3830: 3827: 3797: 3794: 3791: 3785: 3782: 3757: 3753: 3740: 3721: 3717: 3713: 3708: 3704: 3694: 3684: 3659: 3656: 3653: 3650: 3647: 3638: 3632: 3630: 3625: 3619: 3613: 3608: 3597: 3591: 3586: 3581: 3578: 3573: 3569: 3560: 3550: 3546: 3542: 3536: 3532: 3531:metric tensor 3527: 3523: 3519: 3514: 3508: 3500: 3488: 3486: 3482: 3474: 3470: 3465: 3461: 3455: 3450: 3446: 3442: 3438: 3434: 3433:metric tensor 3430: 3426: 3422: 3418: 3412: 3399: 3395: 3377: 3375: 3371: 3367: 3357: 3355: 3347: 3336: 3333: 3316: 3311: 3307: 3301: 3294: 3284: 3282: 3274: 3270: 3266: 3258: 3253: 3249: 3243: 3236: 3226: 3224: 3216: 3212: 3208: 3194: 3189: 3184: 3180: 3170: 3161: 3156: 3146: 3135: 3133: 3128: 3123: 3119: 3115: 3111: 3106: 3100: 3094: 3081: 3072: 3065: 3058: 3051: 3044: 3037: 3033: 3028: 3016: 2999: 2994: 2986: 2982: 2965: 2960: 2955: 2950: 2913: 2908: 2902: 2890: 2886: 2877: 2872: 2867: 2861: 2849: 2845: 2836: 2831: 2826: 2820: 2808: 2804: 2795: 2790: 2785: 2779: 2767: 2763: 2749: 2739: 2734: 2728: 2716: 2712: 2703: 2698: 2693: 2687: 2675: 2671: 2662: 2657: 2652: 2646: 2634: 2630: 2621: 2616: 2611: 2605: 2593: 2589: 2575: 2566: 2560: 2556: 2551: 2546: 2542: 2537: 2532: 2528: 2523: 2518: 2514: 2509: 2496: 2492: 2484:of spacetime. 2483: 2479: 2474: 2469: 2460: 2451: 2437: 2433: 2429: 2428:tangent space 2425: 2421: 2418: 2415:-dimensional 2409: 2407: 2403: 2399: 2389: 2386: 2369: 2364: 2359: 2351: 2344: 2337: 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1374: 1370: 1364: 1360: 1356: 1351: 1347: 1343: 1338: 1334: 1330: 1322: 1318: 1314: 1309: 1305: 1298: 1285: 1278: 1271: 1264: 1257: 1247: 1240: 1233: 1226: 1219: 1214: 1204: 1202: 1191: 1189: 1188:Vector fields 1185: 1183: 1178: 1173: 1167: 1164: 1157: 1156: 1155: 1149: 1146: 1145: 1144: 1141: 1139: 1136:, there is a 1134: 1129: 1125: 1120: 1118: 1112: 1108: 1104: 1098: 1094: 1091: 1086: 1082: 1077: 1073: 1070: 1065: 1060: 1056: 1053: 1048: 1043: 1039: 1036: 1029: 1025: 1021: 1017: 1013: 1009: 1005: 995: 990: 985: 979: 973: 969:is velocity, 967: 958: 954: 950: 946: 945:absolute past 942: 938: 934: 933:causal future 930: 925: 920: 910: 908: 907:Walter (1999) 904: 900: 894: 892: 888: 884: 880: 874: 872: 860: 855: 852: 850: 846: 842: 838: 834: 830: 826: 822: 817: 815: 811: 810:orthogonality 807: 802: 800: 796: 792: 788: 782: 778: 774: 770: 757: 755: 748: 744: 740: 736: 730: 726: 721: 719: 715: 711: 710:Lorentz boost 705: 692: 684: 679: 671: 668: 665: 659: 654: 650: 646: 641: 637: 633: 628: 624: 615: 609: 605: 601: 597: 590: 587: 582: 578: 573: 568: 563: 557: 552: 548: 542: 525: 520: 518: 513: 511: 506: 505: 503: 502: 495: 485: 482: 477: 471: 470: 468: 467: 459: 456: 454: 451: 449: 446: 444: 441: 439: 436: 434: 431: 429: 426: 424: 421: 420: 413: 412: 404: 401: 399: 396: 395: 388: 387: 379: 376: 374: 371: 369: 366: 365: 358: 357: 349: 346: 344: 341: 339: 336: 334: 331: 330: 323: 322: 316: 313: 311: 308: 307: 305: 304: 300: 296: 295: 292: 289: 288: 284: 283: 275: 273: 269: 264: 260: 256: 252: 249:, called the 248: 247:bilinear form 245: 240: 238: 237:time dilation 234: 230: 226: 222: 218: 214: 210: 206: 202: 197: 195: 191: 190:time dilation 187: 183: 179: 175: 170: 168: 164: 160: 156: 152: 148: 143: 141: 137: 134: 130: 127: 123: 119: 113: 59: 55: 51: 43: 39: 33: 19: 22503: 22197:Kaluza–Klein 21949:Introduction 21917: 21875:Twin paradox 21633: 21605: 21601:Weinberg, S. 21582: 21553: 21530: 21470: 21466: 21435: 21401:(1): 20–63. 21398: 21392: 21369:. New York: 21366: 21346: 21320: 21316: 21285: 21279: 21265: 21237: 21218: 21199: 21176: 21169:Landau, L.D. 21145: 21137:Kleppner, D. 21101: 21062: 21029: 21025: 21004: 20999:, p. 33 20992: 20987:, p. 66 20980: 20971: 20952: 20941: 20929: 20913: 20886: 20881:, p. 71 20874: 20854: 20847: 20826:. Retrieved 20806: 20799: 20790: 20778: 20773:, p. 15 20766: 20757: 20748: 20739: 20727: 20719: 20685: 20670: 20647: 20640: 20635:, p. 31 20628: 20618: 20603: 20580: 20576: 20572: 20568: 20551: 20546: 20529: 20512: 20503: 20497: 20488: 20478: 20465: 20127: 19488: 19485: 19063: 18753: 18731: 18724: 18721: 18465: 17806: 16994: 16377: 15755: 14802: 14579: 14277:and the map 14106: 13879: 13876: 13589: 13583: 13577: 13363: 13359: 13355: 13351: 13348: 13267: 13264: 13179: 13112: 12748: 12424: 12160: 12150: 12144: 12138: 12131: 12127: 12120: 12116: 11812: 11805: 11801: 11797: 11791: 11784: 11777: 11773: 11770: 11759: 11754: 11749: 11745: 11741: 11737: 11731: 11721: 11715: 11711: 11707: 11694: 11692: 11584: 11579: 11574: 11568: 11556:differential 11550: 11546: 11542: 11532: 11528: 11524: 11520: 11443: 11439: 11435: 11427: 11423: 11419: 11414: 11410: 11402: 11396: 11392: 11388: 11382: 11378: 11374: 11368: 11364: 11358: 11354: 11348: 11344: 11340: 11334: 11330: 11324: 11323: 11314: 11307: 11301: 11295: 11291: 11287: 11280: 11276: 11080: 10891: 10887: 10883: 10869: 10868: 10862: 10858: 10786: 10779: 10772: 10506: 10505: 10372: 10273: 9692: 9667: 9578: 9576: 9572:submanifolds 9568:metric space 9556:model spaces 9555: 9550: 9548: 9522: 9517:curved space 9515: 9495: 9493: 9478: 9463: 9453:dimensions. 9444: 9436: 9429: 9423: 9416: 9412: 9400: 9396: 9389: 9374: 9368: 9362: 9358: 9354: 9345: 9341: 9324: 9320: 9316: 9309: 9305: 9301: 9297: 9293: 9284: 9277: 9268: 9262: 9259:pseudoscalar 9235:four-vectors 9229: 9225: 9218: 9215: 9199: 9174: 9163: 9159: 9155: 9151: 9144: 9139: 9134: 9130: 9127: 9120: 9116: 9106: 9102: 9096: 9092: 9088: 9080: 9076: 9066: 9062: 9056: 9052: 9048: 9039: 9035: 9031: 9028: 9012: 9008: 9004: 9002:. Moreover, 8989: 8985: 8981: 8814: 8810: 8793: 8788: 8782: 8663: 8657: 8654: 8648: 8644: 8638: 8634: 8440: 8435: 8427: 8422: 8411: 8406: 8399: 8277: 8272: 8268: 8262: 8258: 8251: 8246: 8226:vector field 8173: 8164: 8161: 8151: 8147: 8143: 8137: 8056: 8055: 8046: 8043:line element 8009: 8002: 7851: 7840: 7838: 7827: 7821: 7534: 7422: 7276: 7256: 7245: 7229: 7224: 7209: 7203: 7197: 7190: 7186: 7182: 7176: 7171: 7166: 7161: 7157: 7152: 7145: 7141: 7137: 7133: 7129: 7123: 7120: 7085: 7063: 7057: 7051: 7049:and vectors 7045: 7039: 7033: 6802: 6794: 6786: 6778: 6767: 6760: 6753: 6746: 6742: 6672: 6666: 6476: 6471: 6469: 6067: 6065:is given by 6056: 6046: 6039: 6032: 6028: 6011: 6003: 5998: 5991: 5987: 5984: 5980: 5969: 5965: 5961: 5957: 5954:are written 5950: 5947: 5877: 5620: 5613: 5606: 5599: 5595: 5584: 5577: 5571: 5559: 5337:where is a 5066: 4848: 4827: 4817: 4807:For a given 4806: 4787: 4783: 4779: 4773:is called a 4768: 4757: 4753: 4749: 4742: 4738: 4734: 4727: 4723: 4719: 4709: 4703: 4701:Two vectors 4700: 4694: 4677: 4673: 4671: 4669:is allowed. 4664: 4660: 4656: 4651: 4643: 4641: 4355: 4269: 4261: 4256: 4205: 4191: 4176: 4158: 4154: 4148: 4142: 4138: 4134: 4128: 4122: 4116: 4112: 4108: 4104: 4100: 4093: 4089: 4084: 4080: 4071: 4063: 4053: 4049: 4045: 4031: 4005: 3887: 3738: 3692: 3688:(−, +, +, +) 3682: 3636: 3633: 3623: 3617: 3611: 3589: 3582: 3576: 3567: 3558: 3548: 3544: 3540: 3534: 3525: 3515: 3506: 3496: 3480: 3472: 3463: 3459: 3453: 3436: 3428: 3424: 3420: 3410: 3383: 3369: 3365: 3363: 3345: 3339: 3334: 3192: 3187: 3182: 3178: 3168: 3159: 3154: 3144: 3141: 3131: 3126: 3121: 3117: 3104: 3098: 3095: 2487: 2481: 2477: 2472: 2431: 2420:vector space 2410: 2406:affine space 2401: 2395: 2387: 2138: 2056: 2048: 1651: 1642: 1637: 1636: 1511: 1507: 1503: 1499: 1495: 1492: 1483: 1473: 1472: 1283: 1276: 1269: 1262: 1255: 1245: 1238: 1231: 1224: 1217: 1210: 1200: 1197: 1186: 1181: 1174: 1171: 1160:(0, 0, 0, 0) 1153: 1142: 1132: 1124:null vectors 1121: 1110: 1106: 1102: 1096: 1092: 1089: 1084: 1080: 1075: 1071: 1068: 1063: 1058: 1054: 1051: 1046: 1041: 1037: 1034: 1027: 1023: 1019: 1015: 1011: 1007: 1003: 993: 983: 977: 971: 965: 962: 948: 944: 940: 936: 932: 903:Corry (1997) 896: 876: 868: 857: 853: 844: 840: 818: 813: 806:line element 805: 803: 798: 794: 787:vector space 780: 776: 772: 768: 763: 746: 742: 738: 734: 722: 713: 706: 607: 603: 599: 595: 591: 571: 561: 555: 544: 443:Curved space 347: 258: 254: 250: 241: 225:translations 198: 176:theories of 171: 144: 57: 53: 47: 22286:Kerr–Newman 22257:Spherical: 22126:Other tests 22069:Singularity 22001:Formulation 21963:Fundamental 21817:Formulation 21798:Proper time 21759:Fundamental 21473:: 129–176, 21347:Gravitation 21151:McGraw-Hill 20894:, p. 4 20890:Minkowski, 20608:"Minkowski" 20564:Nash (1956) 20541:in general. 16598:from which 13795:leading to 11540:reduces to 11270:of the map 11268:pushforward 11061: times 9788:hyperboloid 9504:gravitation 9387:satisfying 9247:orientation 8276:, called a 7076:hyperplanes 4775:unit vector 4040:, i.e. the 3640:, that is, 3493:Terminology 3449:dot product 1177:orthonormal 955:, and from 953:Sard (1970) 941:causal past 883:gravitation 825:proper time 553:coordinate 423:Four-vector 221:reflections 122:gravitation 22534:Categories 22438:Zel'dovich 22346:Scientists 22325:Alcubierre 22132:of Mercury 22130:precession 22059:Black hole 21942:Background 21934:relativity 21903:World line 21898:Light cone 21723:Background 21715:relativity 21705:Relativity 21669:PhilPapers 21281:The Monist 21149:. London: 21017:References 20828:2022-12-26 20535:flat space 20442:Hyperspace 19806:here  13877:With this 9172:varies as 9170:hyperplane 8979:where now 8123:gives the 7241:Lee (2003) 7216:hyperplane 5974:where the 5628:such that 4715:orthogonal 4644:difference 4162:with both 4064:indefinite 3481:indefinite 3425:coordinate 3118:definition 1182:null basis 1128:light cone 929:light cone 845:derivation 791:light-cone 539:See also: 174:Einstein's 22408:Robertson 22393:Friedmann 22388:Eddington 22378:de Sitter 22212:Solutions 22090:detectors 22085:astronomy 22052:Phenomena 21987:Geodesics 21890:Spacetime 21833:Phenomena 21503:120211823 21175:(2002) . 21143:(1978) . 21093:1660-8046 21046:0003-9519 20879:Sard 1970 20471:invariant 20327:− 20258:τ 20249:− 20199:∑ 20179:− 20174:∗ 20170:σ 20154:− 20149:∗ 20145:σ 20136:η 20074:− 20054:⟩ 20037:⟨ 19987:− 19918:τ 19903:⟩ 19886:⟨ 19880:≡ 19840:∑ 19760:− 19740:⟩ 19723:⟨ 19694:− 19668:− 19597:− 19539:∂ 19535:∂ 19466:τ 19463:∂ 19459:∂ 19454:τ 19432:∂ 19428:∂ 19404:τ 19401:∂ 19397:∂ 19381:∂ 19375:τ 19372:∂ 19341:∂ 19337:∂ 19321:∂ 19306:∂ 19284:τ 19281:∂ 19277:∂ 19259:∂ 19254:τ 19251:∂ 19219:∂ 19215:∂ 19197:∂ 19182:∂ 19150:∂ 19146:∂ 19129:∗ 19116:− 19112:σ 19095:∗ 19082:− 19078:σ 19037:∗ 19024:− 19020:σ 19002:∗ 18989:− 18985:σ 18936:η 18920:∗ 18907:− 18903:σ 18885:∗ 18872:− 18868:σ 18785:∗ 18772:− 18768:σ 18677:≡ 18641:− 18583:⋯ 18497:∗ 18484:− 18480:σ 18416:− 18378:⋅ 18341:− 18291:− 18258:⋅ 18220:− 18208:τ 18201:− 18193:yielding 18151:− 18066:∑ 18059:τ 17973:τ 17970:∂ 17966:∂ 17855:∂ 17851:∂ 17829:∑ 17822:τ 17811:one gets 17753:− 17722:⋅ 17649:− 17591:⋯ 17519:− 17440:− 17402:⋅ 17344:⋅ 17322:⋅ 17286:− 17214:⋯ 17142:− 17052:⋯ 16945:− 16906:⋅ 16815:⋅ 16777:− 16682:− 16550:− 16519:⋅ 16444:− 16352:τ 16322:− 16278:τ 16275:∂ 16271:∂ 16196:− 16097:− 16043:∂ 16039:∂ 15981:− 15895:− 15828:− 15774:∂ 15770:∂ 15706:≡ 15670:− 15612:⋯ 15526:∗ 15513:− 15509:σ 15476:⋯ 15442:− 15362:τ 15349:⋯ 15316:− 15233:⋮ 15216:τ 15187:− 15143:τ 15140:∂ 15136:∂ 15092:− 15038:∂ 15034:∂ 15026:⋯ 14984:− 14930:∂ 14926:∂ 14891:− 14764:τ 14752:− 14705:⋯ 14621:η 14616:∗ 14603:− 14599:σ 14535:− 14472:− 14376:τ 14351:− 14347:σ 14313:→ 14290:− 14286:σ 14259:τ 14252:− 14216:⋯ 14142:η 14056:− 13994:− 13921:τ 13896:− 13892:σ 13822:− 13803:λ 13770:− 13756:λ 13715:λ 13700:λ 13697:− 13675:− 13642:− 13605:τ 13601:− 13554:λ 13523:λ 13516:λ 13513:− 13491:τ 13479:one gets 13424:τ 13329:τ 13285:τ 13279:σ 13239:λ 13208:τ 13202:λ 13161:→ 13145:τ 13139:λ 13131:→ 13072:τ 13049:− 13043:− 13029:τ 13014:→ 12960:− 12954:− 12925:→ 12884:− 12873:→ 12860:⇒ 12845:→ 12816:− 12805:→ 12792:⇒ 12777:→ 12715:≡ 12685:… 12615:τ 12606:∈ 12585:… 12566:τ 12534:→ 12484:∈ 12463:… 12444:τ 12399:… 12384:− 12344:τ 12328:− 12294:⋯ 12254:τ 12250:− 12239:⊂ 12218:… 12199:τ 12067:− 12005:− 11928:τ 11903:− 11899:σ 11885:τ 11837:τ 11831:σ 11705:is a map 11650:∗ 11637:→ 11629:∗ 11607:: 11602:∗ 11489:∘ 11460:∗ 11234:∗ 11222:… 11203:∗ 11179:∗ 11166:α 11141:… 11102:α 11094:∗ 11051:⏟ 11045:∗ 11037:⊗ 11034:⋯ 11031:⊗ 11026:∗ 11018:⊗ 11013:∗ 10943:→ 10913:: 10908:∗ 10821:α 10815:α 10810:∗ 10806:ι 10736:… 10700:α 10677:∗ 10673:ι 10665:… 10646:∗ 10642:ι 10622:∗ 10618:ι 10609:α 10584:… 10548:α 10543:∗ 10539:ι 10522:of order 10413:→ 10381:ι 10241:− 10162:η 10135:η 10130:∗ 10126:ι 9951:− 9948:⋯ 9945:− 9917:− 9879:∈ 9858:… 9786:) of the 9727:⊂ 9678:η 9652:¯ 9490:Curvature 8962:ν 8952:μ 8942:ν 8939:μ 8891:ν 8862:μ 8844:ν 8841:μ 8763:ν 8753:μ 8743:ν 8740:μ 8736:η 8712:ν 8701:⊗ 8696:μ 8683:ν 8680:μ 8676:η 8611:β 8599:α 8578:β 8575:⊗ 8572:α 8543:μ 8538:ν 8534:δ 8508:ν 8500:∂ 8496:∂ 8470:μ 8381:μ 8376:ν 8372:δ 8360:ν 8352:∂ 8345:μ 8337:∂ 8319:ν 8311:∂ 8307:∂ 8296:μ 8224:for each 8085:μ 8077:∂ 8073:∂ 7984:ν 7971:μ 7958:ν 7955:μ 7951:η 7942:ν 7931:⊙ 7926:μ 7913:ν 7910:μ 7906:η 7897:ν 7886:⊗ 7881:μ 7868:ν 7865:μ 7861:η 7802:− 7798:η 7771:β 7760:− 7756:η 7746:α 7735:− 7731:η 7724:η 7715:β 7709:α 7698:− 7694:η 7682:→ 7677:∗ 7669:× 7664:∗ 7648:− 7644:η 7617:→ 7612:∗ 7596:− 7592:η 7569:∗ 7520:η 7485:η 7482:↦ 7457:∗ 7449:∈ 7443:⋅ 7431:η 7403:⋅ 7391:η 7388:↦ 7377:∗ 7369:→ 7357:− 7351:⋅ 7345:η 7325:η 7300:→ 7294:× 7285:η 6991:μ 6986:ν 6982:Λ 6959:μ 6951:Λ 6940:μ 6913:ν 6908:μ 6904:Λ 6898:ν 6882:μ 6855:ν 6850:μ 6846:Λ 6840:ν 6824:μ 6711:η 6699:Λ 6690:Λ 6684:η 6643:σ 6640:ρ 6636:η 6627:ν 6622:σ 6618:Λ 6612:ν 6609:μ 6605:η 6599:μ 6594:ρ 6590:Λ 6577:, a real 6563:μ 6558:ν 6554:Λ 6528:ν 6525:μ 6521:η 6509:ν 6496:μ 6485:η 6451:μ 6441:μ 6336:ν 6326:μ 6316:ν 6313:μ 6309:η 6287:η 6262:μ 6252:μ 6239:μ 6229:μ 6124:ν 6114:μ 6104:ν 6101:μ 6097:η 6075:η 5929:ν 5926:μ 5922:η 5910:ν 5897:μ 5886:η 5860:ν 5857:≠ 5854:μ 5823:ν 5810:μ 5799:η 5744:η 5709:η 5674:η 5639:η 5636:− 5562:(− + + +) 5527:η 5518:⋅ 5480:− 5450:− 5420:− 5379:η 5348:× 5315:η 5290:⋅ 5243:− 5220:− 5197:− 5158:⋅ 5121:− 5108:− 5095:− 5028:− 5009:− 4985:− 4966:− 4942:− 4923:− 4899:− 4849:From the 4769:A vector 4615:⇒ 4606:∈ 4600:∀ 4571:η 4531:η 4509:η 4480:∈ 4474:∀ 4464:∈ 4451:∀ 4428:η 4406:η 4372:η 4329:≡ 4320:‖ 4313:‖ 4310:≡ 4292:η 4283:⋅ 4226:η 4217:⋅ 4203:-vector. 4187:4-vectors 4185:, called 3958:− 3942:ν 3939:μ 3935:η 3868:ν 3865:μ 3861:η 3798:η 3758:μ 3722:∗ 3714:⊗ 3709:∗ 3663:→ 3657:× 3648:η 3596:signature 3477:(− + + +) 3406:(+ − − −) 3402:(− + + +) 3390:(+ − − −) 3386:(− + + +) 3366:spacelike 3312:ν 3302:ν 3295:μ 3291:Λ 3275:μ 3254:ν 3244:ν 3237:μ 3233:Λ 3217:μ 2987:μ 2979:∂ 2975:∂ 2951:μ 2752:↔ 2578:↔ 2495:Lee (2012 2491:Lee (2003 2444:(− + + +) 2440:(+ − − −) 2255:≥ 2092:≥ 2013:− 1995:− 1977:− 1924:− 1906:− 1888:− 1830:− 1807:− 1784:− 1666:η 1611:− 1598:− 1585:− 1540:η 1436:− 1413:− 1390:− 1344:⋅ 1299:η 1180:called a 1162:(origin), 1138:worldline 1085:lightlike 1064:spacelike 989:Cartesian 949:elsewhere 841:following 814:normality 795:spacelike 551:spacetime 291:Spacetime 217:rotations 211:) is the 136:manifolds 118:spacetime 22545:Geometry 22521:Category 22398:Lemaître 22363:Einstein 22353:Poincaré 22313:Others: 22297:Taub–NUT 22263:interior 22185:theories 22183:Advanced 22150:redshift 21965:concepts 21783:Rapidity 21761:concepts 21603:(2002), 21389:Nash, J. 21344:(1973), 21268:: 53–111 21122:27757388 21054:27016039 21009:Lee 1997 20997:Lee 1997 20985:Lee 1997 20961:Archived 20946:Lee 2003 20934:Lee 2003 20918:Lee 2003 20837:Archived 20822:Archived 20783:Lee 2003 20771:Lee 1997 20633:Lee 1997 20611:Archived 20539:manifold 20431:See also 20128:Lastly, 15756:One has 14107:One has 12749:One has 12367:and let 12142:and the 11587:dual map 10877:-tensor 10449:pullback 10310:, while 10152:pullback 9551:geometry 9539:Geometry 9529:manifold 9459:M-theory 9366:, where 9337:electron 9314:for any 9241:and the 9154: : 9128:Suppose 9043:. 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The 7225:fields 7221:1-form 7212:kernel 4790:) = ±1 4618:  4612:  4076:(0, 2) 3736:, and 3680:where 3607:events 3603:(1, 3) 3599:(3, 1) 3499:tensor 3096:Here, 2755:  2581:  2571:  2468:sphere 2402:origin 1079:, and 981:, and 963:Where 931:, the 725:German 614:matrix 492:  253:, the 203:, the 151:events 22498:Weiss 22478:Bondi 22473:Hulse 22403:Milne 22307:discs 22251:Milne 22246:Gödel 22103:Virgo 21499:S2CID 21411:JSTOR 21118:JSTOR 21050:S2CID 20596:Notes 20583:+ 11) 13358:) = ( 11725:. 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1270:x 1266:2 1263:t 1259:2 1256:u 1251:) 1249:1 1246:z 1242:1 1239:y 1235:1 1232:x 1228:1 1225:t 1221:1 1218:u 1133:v 1113:) 1111:v 1107:v 1105:( 1103:η 1097:r 1093:t 1090:c 1076:r 1072:t 1069:c 1059:r 1055:t 1052:c 1042:r 1038:t 1035:c 1030:) 1028:r 1020:z 1016:y 1012:x 1004:v 999:t 994:c 984:z 978:y 972:x 966:v 959:. 783:) 781:t 777:z 773:y 769:x 767:( 749:) 743:z 739:y 735:x 733:( 693:. 685:= 680:2 676:) 672:t 669:c 666:i 663:( 660:+ 655:2 651:z 647:+ 642:2 638:y 634:+ 629:2 625:x 610:) 608:z 604:y 600:x 596:t 594:( 572:i 562:c 523:e 516:t 509:v 109:f 106:ɒ 103:k 100:ˈ 94:i 91:k 88:s 85:f 79:k 76:ˈ 73:ŋ 70:ɪ 67:m 64:/ 34:. 20:)

Index

Null vector (Minkowski space)
Minkowski space (number field)

Hermann Minkowski
physics
/mɪŋˈkɔːfski,-ˈkɒf-/
spacetime
gravitation
inertial
space
time
manifolds
four-dimensional
spacetime interval
events
inertial frame of reference
Hermann Minkowski
Hendrik Lorentz
Henri Poincaré
Einstein's
special relativity
general relativity
length contraction
time dilation
four-dimensional Euclidean space
Euclidean space
isometry group
Euclidean distance
Euclidean group
rotations

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