From Einstein's 1905 Postulates to the Geometry of Flat Space-Time

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2004-11-15

arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0411069v2

Annalen Phys. 14 (2005) 1-3; Annalen Phys. 14 (2005) 103-114

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

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Scientific paper

10.1002/andp.200410122

Minkowski diagrams in 1+1 dimensional flat space-time are given a strictly geometric derivation, directly from two gedanken experiments incorporating the principle of the constancy of the velocity of light and the principle of (special) relativity. Rectangles of photon trajectories play a central role in determining the simultaneity convention and in establishing the invariance of the interval.

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