Definition:Minkowski Metric

Definition

Minkowski metric is the pseudo-Euclidean metric $\bar q^{\tuple {r, 1} }$.

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Source of Name

This entry was named for Hermann Minkowski.

Sources

• 2018: John M. Lee: Introduction to Riemannian Manifolds (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $\S 2$: Riemannian Metrics. Pseudo-Riemannian Metrics
• 2021: Richard Earl and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (6th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Minkowski space