Minkowski Spacetime

Special Relativity · Part 1

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Table of Contents

  1. 1.Spacetime as Geometry
  2. 2.The Spacetime Interval
  3. 3.Types of Spacetime Intervals
  4. 4.Light Cones
  5. 5.Worldlines
  6. 6.The Minkowski Metric
  7. 7.Lorentz Boosts as Hyperbolic Rotations
  8. 8.Summary: The Geometry of Special Relativity
  9. 9.3D Space + Time (Old View)
  10. 10.4D Spacetime (New View)

Course Context

This PDF is part of the Special Relativity course on CoursesHub.World. Understand Einstein's special theory of relativity from first principles. Covers spacetime foundations, Lorentz transformations, relativistic mechanics, four-vectors, and the covariant formulation of ...

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