Spacetime and Euclidean geometry

DOI10.1007/S10714-006-0254-9zbMATH Open1134.83300arXivgr-qc/0407022OpenAlexW2033071784WikidataQ22337451 ScholiaQ22337451MaRDI QIDQ851035FDOQ851035

Authors: Dieter Brill, Ted Jacobson 

Publication date: 9 November 2006

Published in: General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Using only the principle of relativity and Euclidean geometry we show in this pedagogical article that the square of proper time or length in a two-dimensional spacetime diagram is proportional to the Euclidean area of the corresponding causal domain. We use this relation to derive the Minkowski line element by two geometric proofs of the "spacetime Pythagoras theorem".

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0407022

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zbMATH Keywords

Special relativityLine element

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Classical or axiomatic geometry and physics (51P05) Special relativity (83A05) Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory (83-01)

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