Definition:Minkowski Spacetime
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Definition
Definition 1
Minkowski spacetime is the pseudo-Euclidean space $\R^{r, 1}$.
Definition 2
Minkowski spacetime is a $4$-dimensional model of physical space and time:
- $3$ of those dimensions correspond to the position of an event in space
- the remaining dimension represents the time of that event.
Also known as
Minkowski spacetime can also be seen rendered hyphenated, that is, as Minkowski space-time.
Other terms that can be found for the same concept:
- Minkowskian space-time
- Minkowski space
- Minkowski world
- Minkowski universe
- $\paren {r + 1}$-dimensional Minkowski space
Also see
- Results about Minkowski spacetime can be found here.
Source of Name
This entry was named for Hermann Minkowski.