An angle in Minkowski space (Q1882441)
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An angle in Minkowski space (English)
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1 October 2004
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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).
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Minkowski geometry
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angular measure
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volume in Minkowski space
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