I do understand that Lorentz transformations became as a rotation of coordinates as of a hyperbolic rotation. But what is its advantage over real vector? What is the new thing that it introduces and what problems does it fix or ease?
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3$\begingroup$ Just a lot of confusion, keep away from the $i$t formalism in relativity.... $\endgroup$– Valter MorettiNov 7, 2020 at 21:56
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$\begingroup$ I am writing a paper on the usage of complex numbers on the Minkowski space but since I started it's all confusion for me too. $\endgroup$– CsopsoNov 7, 2020 at 21:59
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$\begingroup$ Possible duplicates: physics.stackexchange.com/q/107443/2451 , physics.stackexchange.com/q/121380/2451 and links therein. $\endgroup$– Qmechanic ♦Nov 7, 2020 at 22:49
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