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principle</a><br /><a href="/wiki/lorentz_transformation" title="lorentz transformation">lorentz transformations</a><br /><a href="/wiki/minkowski_space" title="minkowski space">minkowski space</a></div></div></td>\n</tr><tr><td style="padding:0 0.1em 0.4em">\n<div class="navframe collapsed" style="border:none;padding:0"><div class="navhead" style="font-size:105%;background:transparent;text-align:left">general relativity</div><div class="navcontent" style="font-size:105%;padding:0.2em 0 0.4em;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/introduction_to_general_relativity" title="introduction to general relativity">introduction to general relativity</a><br /><a href="/wiki/introduction_to_the_mathematics_of_general_relativity" title="introduction to the mathematics of general relativity">mathematics of general relativity</a><br /><a href="/wiki/einstein_field_equations" title="einstein field equations">einstein field equations</a></div></div></td>\n</tr><tr><td style="padding:0 0.1em 0.4em">\n<div class="navframe collapsed" style="border:none;padding:0"><div class="navhead" style="font-size:105%;background:transparent;text-align:left">classical gravity</div><div class="navcontent" style="font-size:105%;padding:0.2em 0 0.4em;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/gravity" title="gravity">introduction to gravitation</a><br /><a href="/wiki/newton%27s_law_of_universal_gravitation" title="newton's law of universal gravitation">newton\'s law of universal gravitation</a></div></div></td>\n</tr><tr><td style="padding:0 0.1em 0.4em">\n<div class="navframe collapsed" style="border:none;padding:0"><div class="navhead" style="font-size:105%;background:transparent;text-align:left">relevant mathematics</div><div class="navcontent" style="font-size:105%;padding:0.2em 0 0.4em;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/four-vector" title="four-vector">four-vector</a><br /><a href="/wiki/derivations_of_the_lorentz_transformations" title="derivations of the lorentz transformations">derivations of relativity</a><br /><a class="mw-selflink selflink">spacetime diagrams</a><br /><a href="/wiki/differential_geometry" title="differential geometry">differential geometry</a><br /><a href="/wiki/curved_space" title="curved space">curved spacetime</a><br /><a href="/wiki/mathematics_of_general_relativity" title="mathematics of general relativity">mathematics of general relativity</a><br /><a href="/wiki/spacetime_topology" title="spacetime topology">spacetime topology</a></div></div></td>\n</tr><tr><td style="text-align:right;font-size:115%;padding-top: 0.6em;"><div class="plainlinks hlist navbar mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/template:spacetime" title="template:spacetime"><abbr title="view this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/template_talk:spacetime" title="template talk:spacetime"><abbr title="discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=template:spacetime&action=edit"><abbr title="edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table>\n<p>the <b>minkowski diagram</b>, also known as a <b>spacetime diagram</b>, was developed in 1908 by <a href="/wiki/hermann_minkowski" title="hermann minkowski">hermann minkowski</a> and provides an illustration of the properties of space and time in the <a href="/wiki/special_theory_of_relativity" class="mw-redirect" title="special theory of relativity">special theory of relativity</a>. it allows a qualitative understanding of the corresponding phenomena like <a href="/wiki/time_dilation" title="time dilation">time dilation</a> and <a href="/wiki/length_contraction" title="length contraction">length contraction</a> without mathematical equations.\n</p><p>minkowski diagrams are two-dimensional graphs that depict events as happening in
a <a href="/wiki/universe" title="universe">universe</a> consisting of one space dimension and one time dimension. unlike a
regular distance-time graph, the distance is displayed on the horizontal axis and time on the vertical axis. additionally, the time and space <a href="/wiki/units_of_measurement" class="mw-redirect" title="units of measurement">units of measurement</a> are chosen in such a way that an object moving at the speed of light is depicted as following a 45\xc2\xb0 angle to the diagram\'s axes.\n</p><p>in this way, each object, like an observer or a vehicle, traces a certain line in the diagram, which is called its <a href="/wiki/world_line" title="world line">world line</a>. also, each point in the diagram represents a
certain position in space and time, and is called an <b>event</b>, regardless of whether anything relevant happens there.\n</p>\n<div id="toc" class="toc"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none" /><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2>contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label>
Related Links = Minkowski space\nPenrose diagram\nRapidity\n\n
Introduction = The Minkowski diagram, also known as a spacetime diagram, was developed in 1908 by Hermann Minkowski and provides an illustration of the properties of space and time in the special theory of relativity. It allows a qualitative understanding of the corresponding phenomena like time dilation and length contraction without mathematical equations.\n
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