Definition:Minkowski Spacetime/Definition 2

Definition

Minkowski spacetime is a $4$-dimensional model of physical space and time:

$3$ of those dimensions correspond to the position of an event in space

the remaining dimension represents the time of that event.

Also known as

Minkowski spacetime can also be seen rendered hyphenated, that is, as Minkowski space-time.

Other terms that can be found for the same concept:

• Minkowskian space-time
• Minkowski space
• Minkowski world
• Minkowski universe
• $\paren {r + 1}$-dimensional Minkowski space

Also see

• Equivalence of Definitions of Minkowski Spacetime

• Results about Minkowski spacetime can be found here.

Source of Name

This entry was named for Hermann Minkowski.

Sources

• 1989: Ephraim J. Borowski and Jonathan M. Borwein: Dictionary of Mathematics ... (previous) ... (next): Minkowski world or Minkowskian space-time
• 2021: Richard Earl and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (6th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Minkowski space