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The essence of special relativity can be expressed as follows: Space and time are fused into four-dimensional spacetime which is described by pseudoeuclidean geometry.
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Kosyakov, B.P. (2007). Geometry of Minkowski Space. In: Introduction to the Classical Theory of Particles and Fields. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-40934-2_1
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