 Lorentz boost vector field (source code)

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= Lorentz boost vector field
{c}
{title2=$L_i=t\partial_i+x_i\partial_t$}

For <Minkowski spacetime> with unit light speed, $L_i=t\partial_i+x_i\partial_t$ generates a <Lorentz boost>. It commutes with the <d'Alembert operator> and controls derivatives transverse to time slices in the <vector field method for wave equations>.

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