Decomposition of intervals in special relativity (Q1069155)

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    1985
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    The author presents some simple linear algebraic manipulations on 2- dimensional Minkowski space, which are interpreted in a rather strange manner. Obviously the author did not realize the very meaning of the so- called twin paradox, since no attention is paid to the difference between coordinate time and proper time.
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    Minkowski space
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