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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:logic
spacetime
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gptkbp:basisFor
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gptkb:Lorentz_transformations
causality structure in relativity
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gptkbp:contrastsWith
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curved spacetime
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gptkbp:coordinates
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inertial frame
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gptkbp:describes
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flat spacetime
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gptkbp:dimensions
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4
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gptkbp:hasComponent
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one time dimension
three spatial dimensions
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gptkbp:hasEquation
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ds^2 = -c^2dt^2 + dx^2 + dy^2 + dz^2
ds^2 = c^2dt^2 - dx^2 - dy^2 - dz^2
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gptkbp:hasProperty
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gptkb:Lorentz_invariance
pseudo-Riemannian manifold
interval invariance
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Minkowski spacetime
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gptkbp:introducedIn
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1908
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gptkbp:namedAfter
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gptkb:Hermann_Minkowski
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Einstein's_theory_of_relativity
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gptkbp:signature
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(+,-,-,-)
(-,+,+,+)
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gptkbp:symmetry
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gptkb:Poincaré_group
gptkb:Lorentz_group
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gptkbp:usedFor
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analyzing causality
describing events
describing light cones
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gptkbp:usedIn
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gptkb:cosmology
gptkb:quantum_field_theory
gptkb:special_relativity
gptkb:general_relativity_(locally)
particle physics
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Special_Theory_of_Relativity
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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