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vin300
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I have been asked to prove that the determinant of any matrix representing a Lorentz transformation is plus or minus 1. I can see that the determinant of the Lorentz transformation matrix is 1, but don't know how to prove +-1 in general. How to generalise the lorentz transformation? I've also read that rotations in the spatial planes also constitute L.T., that any transformation that keeps the metric invariant is an L.T.