Geometry of Minkowski Space-Time (Record no. 107340)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9783642179778
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Standard number or code 10.1007/978-3-642-17977-8
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Classification number QC19.2-20.85
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Subject category code PHU
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Subject category code SCI040000
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082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 530.1
Edition number 23
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Catoni, Francesco.
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245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Geometry of Minkowski Space-Time
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Statement of responsibility, etc by Francesco Catoni, Dino Boccaletti, Roberto Cannata, Vincenzo Catoni, Paolo Zampetti.
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-- Berlin, Heidelberg :
-- Springer Berlin Heidelberg,
-- 2011.
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Extent VIII, 114p. 28 illus.
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Series statement SpringerBriefs in Physics
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Introduction -- Hyperbolic Numbers -- Geometrical Representation of Hyperbolic Numbers -- Trigonometry in the Hyperbolic (Minkowski) Plane -- Equilateral Hyperbolas and Triangles in the Hyperbolic Plane -- The Motions in Minkowski Space-Time (Twin Paradox) -- Some Final Considerations.
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Summary, etc This book provides an original introduction to the geometry of Minkowski space-time. A hundred years after the space-time formulation of special relativity by Hermann Minkowski, it is shown that the kinematical consequences of special relativity are merely a manifestation of space-time geometry. The book is written with the intention of providing students (and teachers) of the first years of University courses with a tool which is easy to be applied and allows the solution of any problem of relativistic kinematics at the same time. The book treats in a rigorous way, but using a non-sophisticated mathematics, the Kinematics of Special Relativity. As an example, the famous "Twin Paradox" is completely solved for all kinds of motions. The novelty of the presentation in this book consists in the extensive use of hyperbolic numbers, the simplest extension of complex numbers, for a complete formalization of the kinematics in the Minkowski space-time. Moreover, from this formalization the understanding of gravity comes as a manifestation of curvature of space-time, suggesting new research fields.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Physics.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Mathematics.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Physics.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.
650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Applications of Mathematics.
650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.
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Personal name Boccaletti, Dino.
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Personal name Cannata, Roberto.
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Personal name Catoni, Vincenzo.
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Personal name Zampetti, Paolo.
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Title Springer eBooks
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International Standard Book Number 9783642179761
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Uniform title SpringerBriefs in Physics
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Uniform Resource Identifier http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-17977-8
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