scientific article; zbMATH DE number 749967

zbMath0826.51010MaRDI QIDQ4764152

June A. Lester

Publication date: 22 November 1995

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zbMATH Keywords

Euclidean spacedistanceMinkowski space-timeLorentz transformationBeckman-Quarles theoremAlexandrov's theoremmetric vector spaceEinstein's cylinder universedistance preserving transformationsZeeman-type theorems

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Classical or axiomatic geometry and physics (51P05) Metric geometry (51Fxx) Real and complex geometry (51Mxx)

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