In physics, Minkowski space (or Minkowski spacetime) (/mɪŋˈkɔːfski, -ˈkɒf-/) is the main mathematical description of spacetime in the absence of gravitation...
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relativity. Minkowski is perhaps best known for his foundational work describing space and time as a four-dimensional space, now known as "Minkowski spacetime"...
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The Minkowski distance or Minkowski metric is a metric in a normed vector space which can be considered as a generalization of both the Euclidean distance...
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Spacetime (redirect from Space-time interval)
and the three spatial dimensions of space into a single four-dimensional continuum now known as Minkowski space. This interpretation proved vital to...
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examples are the flat Lorentzian plane (a two-dimensional subspace of Minkowski space) and the curved de Sitter and anti-de Sitter planes. Other types of...
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and space dimensions should not be viewed as exactly equivalent in Minkowski space. One can freely move in space but not in time. Thus, time and space coordinates...
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Dimension (redirect from N-dimensional space)
temporally, but rather are known relative to the motion of an observer. Minkowski space first approximates the universe without gravity; the pseudo-Riemannian...
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In geometry, the Minkowski sum of two sets of position vectors A and B in Euclidean space is formed by adding each vector in A to each vector in B: A +...
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⊕ 1 {\displaystyle 3\oplus 1} with Minkowski spacetime itself. This leads to a natural question: if Minkowski space-time belongs to the adjoint representation...
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Spacetime diagram (redirect from Minkowski diagram)
Hermann Minkowski in 1908. Minkowski diagrams are two-dimensional graphs that depict events as happening in a universe consisting of one space dimension...
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spacetime of constant curvature are de Sitter space (positive), Minkowski space (zero), and anti-de Sitter space (negative). As such, they are exact solutions...
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manifold M {\displaystyle M} is flat space, that is, Euclidean space or pseudo-Euclidean space (as for Minkowski space), we can choose global flat coordinates...
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Hinton. The study of Minkowski space required Riemann's mathematics which is quite different from that of four-dimensional Euclidean space, and so developed...
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example of such a space is the Minkowski space, which is the space-time of Einstein's special relativity. It is a four-dimensional space, where the metric...
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mathematics and physics, super Minkowski space or Minkowski superspace is a supersymmetric extension of Minkowski space, sometimes used as the base manifold...
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Superspace (redirect from Super-space)
One such usage is as a synonym for super Minkowski space. In this case, one takes ordinary Minkowski space, and extends it with anti-commuting fermionic...
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General relativity (redirect from Warping of space by gravity)
generalization of Minkowski space. The metric tensor that defines the geometry—in particular, how lengths and angles are measured—is not the Minkowski metric of...
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diagram Minkowski distance Minkowski functional Minkowski inequality Minkowski space Null vector (Minkowski space) Minkowski plane Minkowski's theorem...
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conformal group C(1,3) of compactified Minkowski spacetime. Points in Minkowski space are related to subspaces of twistor space through the incidence relation...
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Special relativity (redirect from Time-Space Conversion Ratio)
spacetime. Special relativity is restricted to the flat spacetime known as Minkowski space. As long as the universe can be modeled as a pseudo-Riemannian manifold...
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orthogonal. An important variant of the standard dot product is used in Minkowski space: R 4 {\displaystyle \mathbf {R} ^{4}} endowed with the Lorentz product...
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fundamental modification to Einstein's theory of general relativity. Minkowski space and Maxwell's equations in vacuum can be embedded in a five-dimensional...
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of triples examined is less than the number of pairs examined. The Minkowski space metric η μ ν {\displaystyle \eta _{\mu \nu }} is not positive-definite...
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Hermann Minkowski and is known as Minkowski space. The purpose was to create an invariant spacetime for all observers. To uphold causality, Minkowski restricted...
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and the spacetime approximates that of Minkowski space. The metric is then written as the sum of the Minkowski metric and a term representing the deviation...
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inner products that applies to all normed spaces Minkowski distance – Mathematical metric in normed vector space Orthogonal basis Orthogonal complement –...
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hyperbolic n {\displaystyle n} -space as isometrically embedded inside the ( n + 1 ) {\displaystyle (n+1)} -dimensional Minkowski space (which is not a Riemannian...
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Lorentz transformation (redirect from Minkowski rotation)
It may include a rotation of space; a rotation-free Lorentz transformation is called a Lorentz boost. In Minkowski space—the mathematical model of spacetime...
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Hyperboloid model (redirect from Minkowski model)
forward sheet S+ of a two-sheeted hyperboloid in (n+1)-dimensional Minkowski space or by the displacement vectors from the origin to those points, and...
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infinity corresponds to the terminus of all null geodesics in a flat Minkowski space. The different regions of conformal infinity are most often visualized...
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