Invariant Interval (Relativity)

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Given a Minkowski Metric , a 4-Vector ‘s (squared) invariant interval¹ is defined as

Properties

• The Proper Time is defined as

• is invariant to Lorentz Transformations (rotations and Lorentz Boosts)

Footnotes

1. With respect to the origin. ↩