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Past exam of the short options course of the University of Oxford 2023 8 a ii Solution by
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For increasing parameter along a future-directed timelike curve, the elapsed proper time isor when coordinate time is the parameter. A Lorentz transformation satisfies , so replacing by leaves the expression under the square root unchanged. Hence the integral is invariant. A monotone change of path parameter also leaves it unchanged by the ordinary substitution rule.
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