Relativity without light: A new proof of Ignatowski's theorem

[摘要] Ignatowski (1910) showed that assumptions about light are not necessary to obtain Lorentzian kinematics as one of only few possibilities. We give a much simplified proof of his result as formulated by Gorini (1971) for n+1-dimensional space-time. (C) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

[发布日期] 2020-12-01

[关键词] Applications of Lie groups;Lorentz group;Special relativity