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| International Standard Book Number |
9783642179778 |
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978-3-642-17977-8 |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
QC19.2-20.85 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
530.1 |
| Edition number |
23 |
| 264 #1 - |
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Berlin, Heidelberg : |
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Springer Berlin Heidelberg, |
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2011. |
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ZDB-2-PHA |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Catoni, Francesco. |
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author. |
| 245 10 - IMMEDIATE SOURCE OF ACQUISITION NOTE |
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| Title |
Geometry of Minkowski Space-Time |
| Medium |
[electronic resource] / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
by Francesco Catoni, Dino Boccaletti, Roberto Cannata, Vincenzo Catoni, Paolo Zampetti. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
VIII, 114p. 28 illus. |
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online resource. |
| 440 1# - SERIES STATEMENT/ADDED ENTRY--TITLE |
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| Title |
SpringerBriefs in Physics |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| 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. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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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. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Physics. |
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Mathematics. |
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Physics. |
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Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics. |
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Applications of Mathematics. |
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Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Boccaletti, Dino. |
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author. |
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| Personal name |
Cannata, Roberto. |
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author. |
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| Personal name |
Catoni, Vincenzo. |
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author. |
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| Personal name |
Zampetti, Paolo. |
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author. |
| 710 2# - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME |
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SpringerLink (Online service) |
| 773 0# - HOST ITEM ENTRY |
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| Title |
Springer eBooks |
| 776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY |
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| Display text |
Printed edition: |
| International Standard Book Number |
9783642179761 |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-17977-8 |
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E-Book |
