Lorentz transformation from an elementary point of view
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Published:2016-02-05
Issue:
Volume:31
Page:794-833
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ISSN:1081-3810
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Container-title:The Electronic Journal of Linear Algebra
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language:
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Short-container-title:ELA
Author:
Jadczyk Arkadiusz,Szulga Jerzy
Abstract
Elementary methods are used to examine some nontrivial mathematical issues underpinning the Lorentz transformation. Its eigen-system is characterized through the exponential of a $G$-skew symmetric matrix, underlining its unconnectedness at one of its extremes (the hyper-singular case). A different yet equivalent angle is presented through Pauli coding which reveals the connection between the hyper-singular case and the shear map.
Publisher
University of Wyoming Libraries
Subject
Algebra and Number Theory