A characterization of Lorentz boosts

DOI10.1007/s00010-006-2827-9zbMath1111.39022OpenAlexW2010092386MaRDI QIDQ866799

Jens Schwaiger, Walter Benz

Publication date: 14 February 2007

Published in: Aequationes Mathematicae (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00010-006-2827-9

zbMATH Keywords

functional equationLorentz transformationreal inner product spaceLorentz boosts

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Special relativity (83A05) Functional equations for functions with more general domains and/or ranges (39B52) Classical or axiomatic geometry and physics (51P05) Orthogonal and unitary groups in metric geometry (51F25)