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Time-orientation-preserving Lorentz group in one spatial dimension (O↑(1,1))

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For J=diag(1,−1), the matrices satisfying ATJA=J and A11​>0 form the time-orientation-preserving Lorentz group in one spatial dimension. They are exactly A=H(t)Dε​, where H(t)=(coshtsinht​sinhtcosht​), Dε​=diag(1,ε) and ε=±1. 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 Dε​H(s)=H(εs)Dε​ gives the multiplication law (t,ε)(s,η)=(t+εs,εη) and inverse (−εt,ε).

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