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Nonassociative Geometry of Special Relativity

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The nonassociative axiomatics of the relativistic law of composition of velocities in special relativity is presented. For the first time the canomical unary operations are considered.

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  1. División de Cienicias e Ingeniería, Departmento de Matematicas, Universidad de Quintana Roo, Boulevard Bahia, C.P, 77019, Chetumal, Ouintana Roo, Mexico

    Larissa Sbitneva

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Sbitneva, L. Nonassociative Geometry of Special Relativity. International Journal of Theoretical Physics 40, 359–362 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1003764217705

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