>The 4th dimension is.... le timeMinkowski must have been smoking a joint when he came up with that. And also what do you mean [ math ] s=\sqrt{x^2+y^2+z^2-t^2} [ /math ] ?did he not know how pitagoras theorem works? that's not how you calculate it, what a fucking moron
>>16796377Well, he was high on Kabbalist occultism, to be sure.
>>16796377>did he not know how pitagoras theorem worksIt's not Pythagoras' Theorem *hits blunt*It's Minkowski's Theorem
>>16796377>>16796402Explain what's wrong with it.
>>16796377why the hell do zoomers have minkowski hair style
>>16796377Minkowski space [math]\mathbb{R}^4_1[/math] is 4 dimensional [math](3,1)[/math] pseudo-euclidean space. What that means? It's a 4 dimensional space that has an indefinite scalar product, i.e. a scalar square of a vector [math]x[/math] can be positive, negative, or equal zero. The [math](3,1)[/math] part means that one coordinate will have a minus when we compute the scalar square [math](x,x) = (x_1)^2 + (x_2)^2 + (x_3)^2 - (x_4)^2[/math]. No Pythagoras theorem.
>>16799385Sounds like faggot shit
>>16797572Minkoski's geometric understanding of time allowed him to peer into the future and ascertain what would be fashionable a century beyond his time. Truly a visionary.
>>16799385>why is [math] s=\sqrt{x^2+y^2+z^2-t^2} [/math] >that's just the definitionkys, you explained nothing. you aren't smart
>>16800943You're the dumb dumb. That is the literal definition of a Minkowski metric, nothing more, nothing less. However he also noticed that the math of special relativity happened to have the same properties.
