An angle in Minkowski space (Q1882441)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 2104865
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An angle in Minkowski space
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 2104865

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    An angle in Minkowski space (English)
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    1 October 2004
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    According to Busemann, no particular angular measure can be entirely natural in Minkowskian geometry. There have been many attempts to define such a measure, but none has found general acceptance. This is yet another such attempt. It defines a measure on cones of arbitrary dimension (hence a solid angle), in addition to be additive and invariant under invertible linear transformations (with the defining convex set that serves as unit ball transformed along).
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    Minkowski geometry
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    angular measure
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    volume in Minkowski space
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