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Lie algebra of the Lorentz group
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o
(
1
,
3
)
)
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Special relativity
Lorentz transformation
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For
M
=
diag
(
−
1
,
1
,
1
,
1
)
,
o
(
1
,
3
)
=
{
Y
∈
M
4
(
R
)
:
Y
T
M
+
M
Y
=
0
}
.
(1)
Every such
matrix
has the block form
Y
=
(
0
v
v
T
Ω
)
,
v
∈
R
3
,
Ω
T
=
−
Ω
,
(2)
so the
Lie algebra
and the
Lorentz group
have
dimension
six. At
A
∈
O
(
1
,
3
)
, the
tangent space
is
A
o
(
1
,
3
)
.
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