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| Sep 29, 2022 at 19:08 | answer | added | kricheli | timeline score: 0 | |
| Sep 29, 2022 at 3:56 | comment | added | Adam Herbst | @kricheli Yeah, I really don't know, and on the surface it wouldn't seem to respect the speed of light. That's what I meant by causality. Maybe that's the downfall of my line of thinking -- that the Euclidean theory only respects causality if it's derived from a Lorentzian theory to begin with. But I don't know much about that so I was hoping for an expert opinion. | |
| Sep 28, 2022 at 19:02 | comment | added | kricheli | How does your question relate to classical electrodynamics and the finite propagation speed of light the Lorentz metric was introduced for? | |
| Sep 28, 2022 at 17:39 | comment | added | Qmechanic♦ | Related question on MO.SE: mathoverflow.net/q/165304/13917 | |
| Sep 28, 2022 at 17:34 | history | edited | Qmechanic♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 28, 2022 at 17:16 | history | asked | Adam Herbst | CC BY-SA 4.0 |