Revisiting special relativity: a natural algebraic alternative to Minkowski spacetime.

Minkowski famously introduced the concept of a space-time continuum in 1908, merging the three dimensions of space with an imaginary time dimension [Formula: see text], with the unit imaginary producing the correct spacetime distance [Formula: see text], and the results of Einstein's then recen...

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Main Authors: James M Chappell, Azhar Iqbal, Nicolangelo Iannella, Derek Abbott
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23300566/?tool=EBI