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On the Reality of Minkowski Space |
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| Authors: | Vesselin Petkov |
| Institution: | (1) Science College, Concordia University, 1455 De Maisonneuve Boulevard West, Montreal, PQ, Canada, H3G 1M8 |
| Abstract: | Should physicists deal with the question of the reality of Minkowski space (or any relativistic spacetime)? It is argued that they should since this is a question about the dimensionality of the world at the macroscopic level and it is physics that should answer it. |
| Keywords: | Minkowski space Spacetime Worldtubes Dimensionality of the world Special relativity Relativity of simultaneity Length contraction Dour-dimensional stress Inertia |
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