Geometric Interpretation of Spacetime

Farook Rahaman ()
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Farook Rahaman: Jadavpur University, Department of Mathematics

Chapter Chapter 6 in The Special Theory of Relativity, 2014, pp 63-71 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Chapter 6 includes the geometrical representation of spacetime. After defining light cone, some possible and impossible world lines are graphically discussed. The relationship between spacetime diagrams in two different frames is also discussed in the chapter. Also, the geometrical representation of simultaneity, length contraction and time dilation is shown.

Keywords: Spacetime diagrams; Importance of light cone; Geometrical representation of events (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/978-81-322-2080-0_6

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