The Beckman-Quarles theorem in Minkowski space for a spacelike square- distance

DOI10.1007/BF01234395zbMath0457.51027MaRDI QIDQ1151137

June A. Lester

Publication date: 1981

Published in: Archiv der Mathematik (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

Lorentz transformation; Minkowskian metric; spacelike square-distance

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

53C50: Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics

51B25: Lie geometries in nonlinear incidence geometry

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