Monthly Archives: March 2017

SU(1,1) parametrization

In the last post, while getting hyperbolic, we have met the Lie group SU(1,1) – the group of complex matrices of determinant one, and such that (1)   where (2)   and star is Hermitian conjugated matrix to It was … Continue reading

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Getting hyperbolic

Without knowing it, during the last three posts (Our first field expedition, Our second field expedition, The Third Expedition) we became hyperbolic. Hyperbolic and conformal. Conformal and relativistic, relativistic and non-Euclidean. How so? It will take us a while to … Continue reading

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The Third Expedition

April 2000:  THE THIRD EXPEDITION The ship came down from space. It came from the stars and the black velocities, and the shining movements, and the silent gulfs of space. …. “Mars!” cried Navigator Lustig. “Good old Mars!” said Samuel … Continue reading

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