Minkowski space
Minkowski space is a 4 dimensional real vector space with a non-degenerate pseudo-metric of signature .
More precisely, with a metric is a Minkowski space iff:
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is a 4 dimensional real vector space
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is a symmetric 2-covariant tensor (defines a quadratic form )
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is non-degenerate (i.e. )
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the diagonalization (http://planetmath.org/SylvestersLaw) of contains one negative and three positive diagonal entries11this convention is sometimes reversed depending on notation.
Title | Minkowski space |
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Canonical name | MinkowskiSpace |
Date of creation | 2013-03-22 16:16:51 |
Last modified on | 2013-03-22 16:16:51 |
Owner | cvalente (11260) |
Last modified by | cvalente (11260) |
Numerical id | 7 |
Author | cvalente (11260) |
Entry type | Definition |
Classification | msc 53Z05 |
Related topic | PseudoRiemannianManifold |