Space-time trigonometry and formalization of the ``twin paradox for uniform and accelerated motions

DOI10.1007/S00006-006-0015-6zbMATH Open1111.83001arXivphysics/0509161OpenAlexW2066355241MaRDI QIDQ871653FDOQ871653

Francesco Catoni, Dino Boccaletti, Vincenzo Catoni

Publication date: 20 March 2007

Published in: Advances in Applied Clifford Algebras (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The formal structure of the early Einstein's Special Relativity follows the axiomatic deductive method of Euclidean geometry. In this paper we show the deep-rooted relation between Euclidean and space-time geometries that are both linked to a two-dimensional number system: the complex and hyperbolic numbers, respectively. By studying the properties of these numbers together, pseudo-Euclidean trigonometry has been formalized with an axiomatic deductive method and this allows us to give a complete quantitative formalization of the twin paradox in a familiar "Euclidean" way for uniform motions as well as for accelerated ones.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0509161

zbMATH Keywords

special relativityspace-timetwin paradoxpseudo-Euclidean trigonometry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Special relativity (83A05)

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• A geometrical characterization of the twin paradox and its variants
• Cauchy-like integral formula for functions of a hyperbolic variable
• Polynomial separable indefinite natural systems

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