neerajareen Messages 17 Reaction score 0 Thread starter Aug 2, 2013 #1 Do hyperbolic rotations of euclidian space and ordinary rotations of euclidian space form a group?
micromass Staff Emeritus Science Advisor Homework Helper Insights Author Messages 22,170 Reaction score 3,335 Aug 2, 2013 #2 Yes, the ordinary rotations form a group called ##SO(n)##. The hyperbolic rotations also form a group, that's apparently called ##SO^+(1,1)##.
Yes, the ordinary rotations form a group called ##SO(n)##. The hyperbolic rotations also form a group, that's apparently called ##SO^+(1,1)##.
neerajareen Messages 17 Reaction score 0 Aug 3, 2013 #3 No I meant, can they form a group together. Can they be put in the same group? Just like how Lorentz boosts and rotations are combined into the Lorentz group?
No I meant, can they form a group together. Can they be put in the same group? Just like how Lorentz boosts and rotations are combined into the Lorentz group?