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Re: unit 4-vectors



On Friday, Nov 28, 2003, at 23:24 US/Eastern, John S. Denker wrote:

I say "almost" because in SR the fourth dimension
(time) picks up a minus sign in the definition of
the dot product. That's what makes a four-vector

What if the metric carries the +--- signature? I've seen both
conventions.

Cheers,
Joe Heafner

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