PIRSA:08080067

Special Relativity 8 - Applications of Minkowskian Geometry

Epp, R. (2008). Special Relativity 8 - Applications of Minkowskian Geometry. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/08080067

Epp, Richard. Special Relativity 8 - Applications of Minkowskian Geometry. Perimeter Institute, Aug. 12, 2008, https://pirsa.org/08080067 

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            language = {en},
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            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
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Richard Epp

University of Waterloo

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PIRSA:08080067
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Abstract
Learning to use Minkowskian geometry to understand, very simply, a variety of aspects of Einstein’s spacetime.
Learning Outcomes:
• How a straight line is the longest path between two points in spacetime.
• How a light particle experiences space and time: its journey from one location in the universe to another involves zero spacetime distance, and is thus instantaneous!
• How Einstein’s special relativity has no difficulty handling accelerated observers.