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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2020 ii Paper 1 26I c iii Solution by
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Every preserves the quadratic form , so it permutes the two connected components ofThe set is its future component. Since , a Lorentz transformation preserves exactly when has positive zeroth coordinate, equivalentlyThus
If and preserve , then so does . Moreover, maps the connected component onto a connected component; the assumption forces , so also preserves . The identity does as well. Hence is a subgroup.
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