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Subject: Re: Compactified Minkowski?
Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2025 17:37:16 +0200
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Op 09/06/2025 om 13:39 schreef Julio Di Egidio:
> I am trying to compactify Minkowski space, but all I manage
> to get is kinds of clovers or squares, while what I'm after
> is circles (i.e. the locus of points whose *proper* distance
> from the origin is constant).
> 
> See <https://www.desmos.com/calculator/b2bl9jiwo8>
> 
> Note that I would like to keep it in terms of (y,x) coords,
> as that naturally maps to the (t,x) of space-time.
> 
> Can anyone suggest scaling formulas (or fix the diagram)?
> 
> -Julio


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_variable#Compactification