The geometry of special relativity -- a concise course.

DOI10.1007/978-3-642-28329-1zbMATH Open1271.83003OpenAlexW230279995MaRDI QIDQ456908FDOQ456908

Authors Norbert Dragon

Publication date 16 October 2012

Published in SpringerBriefs in Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28329-1

zbMATH Keywords

geometryrelativistic particlesspecial relativityelectrodynamicsLorentz groupLorentz transformation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) General geometric structures on low-dimensional manifolds (57M50) Electromagnetic theory (general) (78A25) Special relativity (83A05) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory (83-02)

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