On the History of Geometrization of Space-time: From Minkowski to Finsler Geometry

2008/11/27 by Hubert F M Goenner · 1 voice
Physics and Astronomy · #gr-qc #physics.hist-ph

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published as 414 Heraeus-Seminar 2008 · 20 pages and a glossary (3pp)

Abstract

The article is a tribute to Hermann Minkowski leading from his geometry of numbers to an attempt at using Finsler geometry for a break of Lorentz invariance.

Discussions

• Interesting! You might also be interested in this review about the history of the idea of space-time: arxiv.org/pdf/0811.4529 [bsky, 0 points, 0 comments]

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