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100	1		_aCatoni, Francesco. _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aGeometry of Minkowski Space-Time _h[electronic resource] / _cby Francesco Catoni, Dino Boccaletti, Roberto Cannata, Vincenzo Catoni, Paolo Zampetti.
264		1	_aBerlin, Heidelberg : _bSpringer Berlin Heidelberg, _c2011.
300			_aVIII, 114p. 28 illus. _bonline resource.
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337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
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490	1		_aSpringerBriefs in Physics
505	0		_aIntroduction -- 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.
520			_aThis 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.
650		0	_aPhysics.
650		0	_aMathematics.
650	1	4	_aPhysics.
650	2	4	_aTheoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.
650	2	4	_aApplications of Mathematics.
650	2	4	_aClassical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.
700	1		_aBoccaletti, Dino. _eauthor.
700	1		_aCannata, Roberto. _eauthor.
700	1		_aCatoni, Vincenzo. _eauthor.
700	1		_aZampetti, Paolo. _eauthor.
710	2		_aSpringerLink (Online service)
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776	0	8	_iPrinted edition: _z9783642179761
830		0	_aSpringerBriefs in Physics
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