Position four-vector

ID: position-four-vector

The spacetime coordinates of an event combine into a four-vector under Lorentz transformations between inertial frames sharing an origin. For a massive particle, differentiation with respect to proper time gives its four-velocity. Under a spacetime translation, positions acquire an additive offset, while displacement four-vectors transform linearly under the Lorentz part.

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