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

Jean Philippe Anker; François Ziegler

doi:10.1016/j.geomphys.2020.103871

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

Jean Philippe Anker, François Ziegler

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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.

Original language	English
Article number	103871
Journal	Journal of Geometry and Physics
Volume	158
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomphys.2020.103871
State	Published - Dec 2020

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Applications of Lie groups
Lorentz group
Special relativity

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