Timeline for Meaning of $\mathbb{R}^{1,3}$ and $\mathbb{R}^{3,1}$ notation for Minkowski spacetime
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| Aug 20 at 17:48 | comment | added | Ghoster | Wikipedia: “A real vector space with an indefinite nondegenerate quadratic form of index $(p, q)$ (denoting $p$ $1$s and $q$ $−1$s) is often denoted as $\mathbf R^{p,q}$ particularly in the physical theory of spacetime.” | |
| Aug 20 at 16:11 | comment | added | Qmechanic♦ | Related Math.SE question: Equivalence of Two Lorentz Groups $O(3,1)$ and $O(1,3)$ | |
| Aug 20 at 16:09 | history | edited | Qmechanic♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 20 at 16:05 | comment | added | Prahar | There is no standard convention. You should figure out the convention that Tong is using in his notes. | |
| Aug 20 at 15:52 | answer | added | paulina | timeline score: 0 | |
| Aug 20 at 14:44 | history | asked | MattHusz | CC BY-SA 4.0 |