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In physics, Minkowski spacetime (or Minkowski space; /mɪŋˈkɔːfski, -ˈkɒf-/) is the main mathematical description of spacetime in the absence of gravitation. It combines inertial space and time manifolds into a four-dimensional model.
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| Minkowski spacetime | is a | pseudo-Euclidean space equipped with an isotropic quadratic form called the spacetime interval or the Minkowski norm squared | 0.90 | text |
| Minkowski spacetime | is a | 4-dimensional real vector space equipped with a non-degenerate | 0.90 | text |
| Minkowski spacetime | is a | Born coordinates | 0.90 | text |
| Minkowski spacetime | is a | set of four mutually orthogonal vectors | 0.90 | text |
| Minkowski spacetime | is a | vector space of real dimension n on which there is a constant Minkowski metric of signature | 0.90 | text |
| Minkowski spacetime | is a | suitable basis for special relativity | 0.90 | text |
| convector fields | instance of | and concepts | 0.80 | text |
| exterior derivatives are introduced.A formal approach to the Minkowski metricA full-blown version of the Minkowski metric in coordinates as a tensor field on spacetime has the appearance η μ ν d | instance of | and concepts | 0.80 | text |
| Minkowski spacetime | related to Causal structure | Where | 0.60 | section |
| Minkowski spacetime | related to Causal structure | Cartesian | 0.60 | section |
| Minkowski spacetime | related to Causal structure | This | 0.60 | section |
| Minkowski spacetime | related to Causal structure | The | 0.60 | section |
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