Geometry: from isometries to special relativity

DOI10.1007/978-3-030-42101-4MaRDI QIDQ4960211zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Nam-Hoon Lee

Publication date 9 April 2020

Published in Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42101-4

zbMATH Keywords

isometriesprojective geometryreflectiontextbookhyperbolic planespecial relativityLorentz-Minkowski planemathematics, physics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hyperbolic and elliptic geometries (general) and generalizations (51M10) Classical or axiomatic geometry and physics (51P05) Local differential geometry of Lorentz metrics, indefinite metrics (53B30) Special relativity (83A05) Reflection groups, reflection geometries (51F15) Euclidean geometries (general) and generalizations (51M05) Minkowski geometries in nonlinear incidence geometry (51B20) Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to geometry (51-01)

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