Difference between revisions of "Poincare group"
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<br> <math>L_y : (x, y, z, ct) = (x, y', z, ct')</math> | <br> <math>L_y : (x, y, z, ct) = (x, y', z, ct')</math> | ||
<br> <math>L_z : (x, y, z, ct) = (x, y, z', ct')</math> | <br> <math>L_z : (x, y, z, ct) = (x, y, z', ct')</math> | ||
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Revision as of 21:23, May 27, 2009
The Poincaré Group is 10 mathematical transformations that can be applied to different coordinates of the space-time graph (x, y, z, ct), but does not affect the "spacetime interval". The "spacetime interval" is roughly the 4-D equivalent of 3-D "distance".
These transformations are:
Spatial translations:
Time Translations:
Spatial Rotations:
Lorentzian Transformations: