An angle in Minkowski space (Q1882441)

From MaRDI portal
scientific article
Language Label Description Also known as
English
An angle in Minkowski space
scientific article

    Statements

    An angle in Minkowski space (English)
    0 references
    1 October 2004
    0 references
    According to Busemann, no particular angular measure can be entirely natural in Minkowskian geometry. There have been many attempts to define such a measure, but none has found general acceptance. This is yet another such attempt. It defines a measure on cones of arbitrary dimension (hence a solid angle), in addition to be additive and invariant under invertible linear transformations (with the defining convex set that serves as unit ball transformed along).
    0 references
    Minkowski geometry
    0 references
    angular measure
    0 references
    volume in Minkowski space
    0 references
    0 references

    Identifiers

    0 references
    0 references
    0 references
    0 references