Constant pure four-force obstruction

ID: constant-pure-four-force-obstruction

A nonzero four-force cannot have all components constant in an inertial frame along an entire constant-mass trajectory. If , preserving for all proper times requires both and . The orthogonal complement of timelike is negative definite, forcing . A constant laboratory three-force or a four-force of constant invariant magnitude is a different, consistent condition.

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