Minkowski Space : : The Spacetime of Special Relativity / / Joachim Schröter.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2017 Part 1
• VerfasserIn: Schröter, Joachim,
• MitwirkendeR: Pfeifer, Christian,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: De Gruyter Studies in Mathematical Physics , 40
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (VI, 123 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; 2. Further properties of Lorentz matrices --; 3. Further properties of Lorentz transformations --; 4. Decomposition of Lorentz matrices and Lorentz transformations --; 5. Further structures on M5 --; 6 Tangent vectors in M5 --; 7. Orientation --; 8. Kinematics on M5 --; 9. Some basic notions of relativistic theories --; Epilogue --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110485738; 9783110762495; 9783110719543; 9783110645309; 9783110540550; 9783110625264; 9783110548204
• ISSN: 2194-3532
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110485738
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Joachim Schröter.

In Minkowski-Space the space-time of special relativity is discussed on the basis of fundamental results of space-time theory. This idea has the consequence that the Minkowski-space can be characterized by 5 axioms, which determine its geometrical and kinematical structure completely. In this sense Minkowski-Space is a prolegomenon for the formulation of other branches of special relativity, like mechanics, electrodynamics, thermodynamics etc. But these applications are not subjects of this book. Contents Basic properties of special relativityFurther properties of Lorentz matricesFurther properties of Lorentz transformationsDecomposition of Lorentz matrices and Lorentz transformationsFurther structures on MsTangent vectors in MsOrientationKinematics on MsSome basic notions of relativistic theories