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Minkowski inner product

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On Rn+1 the Minkowski inner product with mostly-positive convention is
⟨x,y⟩M​=−x0​y0​+x1​y1​+⋯+xn​yn​.
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  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2001 / ib / Paper 3 / 10F / Solution
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Minkowski inner product by Ciro Santilli  40 Updated 2025-07-16
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This form is not really an inner product in the common modern definition, because it is not positive definite, only a symmetric bilinear form.
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