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In a general physical sense, is the position of a particle is really a vector?

It'sIs it consistent to define the position of a particle in some frame as a vector or is just a Physics informalityan informal representation? Velocity and Accelerationacceleration can be added up and bring multiplied by real numbers an haveand still have physical meaning ( theythey live in tangent spaces). But what'swhat is the physical meaning of adding a position to another, or, in relativity's domain, does adding two events have someany sense? If this havehas no sense, so definethen defining the position of a particle as a " vector"vector living in a vector space" is surely wrong?

In a general physical sense, the position of a particle is really a vector?

It's consistent define position of a particle in some frame as a vector or is just a Physics informality? Velocity and Acceleration can be added up and bring multiplied by real numbers an have physical meaning ( they live in tangent spaces). But what's the physical meaning of adding a position to another, or in relativity's domain, adding two events have some sense? If this have no sense, so define position of a particle as a " vector living in a vector space" is wrong?

In a general physical sense, is the position of a particle really a vector?

Is it consistent to define the position of a particle in some frame as a vector or is just an informal representation? Velocity and acceleration can be added up and multiplied by real numbers and still have physical meaning (they live in tangent spaces). But what is the physical meaning of adding a position to another or, in relativity's domain, does adding two events have any sense? If this has no sense, then defining the position of a particle as a "vector living in a vector space" is surely wrong?

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In a general physical sense, the position of a particle is really a vector?

It's consistent define position of a particle in some frame as a vector or is just a Physics informality? Velocity and Acceleration can be added up and bring multiplied by real numbers an have physical meaning ( they live in tangent spaces). But what's the physical meaning of adding a position to another, or in relativity's domain, adding two events have some sense? If this have no sense, so define position of a particle as a " vector living in a vector space" is wrong?