Extending the abilities of the Minkowski spacetime diagram

Details Extending the abilities of the Minkowski spacetime diagram Extending the abilities of the Minkowski spacetime diagram

2007-06-14

arxiv.org/abs/0706.2123v1

Physics

General Physics

11 pages, 9 figures, June 14, 2007

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A two-dimensional Minkowski spacetime diagram is neatly represented on a Euclidean ordinary plane. However the Euclidean lengths of the lines on the diagram do not correspond to the true values of physical quantities in spacetime, except for those referring to the stationary reference frame. In order to extend its abilities to other inertial reference frames, we derive a factor which, multiplied by the magnitude of the actually displayed values (on the diagram), leads to the corresponding true measured values by any other inertial observers. Doing so, the student can infer from the Euclidean diagram plot the expressions that account for Lorentz length contraction, time dilation and also Lorentz Transformations just by using regular trigonometry.

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