Time-orientation-preserving Lorentz group in one spatial dimension
ID: time-orientation-preserving-lorentz-group-in-one-spatial-dimension
For , the matrices satisfying and form the time-orientation-preserving Lorentz group in one spatial dimension. They are exactly , where , and . Preservation of the Minkowski metric makes the first column a future-pointing unit timelike vector; Minkowski inner product orthogonality determines the second up to sign. The identity gives the multiplication law and inverse .
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