Topology and a Lorentz-invariant pseudo-Riemannian metric of the manifold of directions in the physical space

DOI10.1007/S10958-000-0011-7MaRDI QIDQ1129775zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors S. E. Kozlov

Publication date 10 August 1999

Published in Journal of Mathematical Sciences (New York) (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s10958-000-0011-7

zbMATH Keywords

geometric invariantsmanifold of directionsMinkowski spacephysical spacetopology

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Projective differential geometry (53A20) Local differential geometry of Lorentz metrics, indefinite metrics (53B30)

Review text

The two-dimensional Minkowski subspaces of the Minkowski space are interpreted as directions of the physical space; their set is organized as a pseudo-Riemannian manifold. The author studies the topology and the main geometric invariants of this manifold.

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