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<meta charset="utf-8">
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<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
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<title>Pre-Quantum Electrodynamics</title>
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The Lorentz transformation then reads
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<p>
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<b>Lorentz transformation</b> (motion along \(x\) at velocity \(v\))
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\[
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counterparts are called <b>covariant</b> vectors and are obtained by
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using the Minkowski metric \(g_{\mu \nu}\) according to
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</p>
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<p>
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\[
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a_\mu = \sum_{\nu = 0}^3 g_{\mu \nu} a^\nu, \hspace{10mm}
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<p>
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<b>Scalar products</b> are defined as the in-product of covariant/contravariant four-vectors,
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<p>
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\[
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\sum_{\mu = 0}^3 a^\mu b_\mu \equiv a^\mu b_\mu
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<tbody>
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<tr>
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<td class="org-left">\(a^\mu a_\mu > 0\)</td>
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<td class="org-left">\(a^\mu\) is {\it spacelike}</td>
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<td class="org-left">\(a^\mu\) is <b>spacelike</b>
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td class="org-left">\(a^\mu a_\mu < 0\)</td>
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<td class="org-left">\(a^\mu\) is {\it timelike}</td>
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<td class="org-left">\(a^\mu\) is <b>timelike</b>
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td class="org-left">\(a^\mu a_\mu = 0\)</td>
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<td class="org-left">\(a^\mu\) is {\it lightlike}</td>
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<td class="org-left">\(a^\mu\) is <b>lightlike</b>
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</tr>
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</tbody>
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</table>
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</div>
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<div id="postamble" class="status">
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<p class="author">Author: Jean-Sébastien Caux</p>
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<p class="date">Created: 2022-03-15 Tue 08:10</p>
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<p class="date">Created: 2022-03-22 Tue 10:52</p>
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<p class="validation"></p>
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