How do Lorentz transformations show the relationship between time and space?

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Although in Lorentz transformation, we can see that x'= related to x and t
What i don't understand is that
this is the transformation between different frame
If in a single frame
how time and space are related ?
 
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hi kor! :smile:
kor said:
If in a single frame
how time and space are related ?

they aren't …

my time may be a mixture of your time and your space, but it isn't a mixture of my time and my space :wink:
 
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hi kor! :smile:


they aren't …

my time may be a mixture of your time and your space, but it isn't a mixture of my time and my space :wink:

Oh
ic
And that only absolute way to connect your time and space to mine
is spacetime,right?
 
kor said:
And that only absolute way to connect your time and space to mine
is spacetime,right?

i'm not sure what that means :confused:

the way to connect your time and space to mine (if we have different velocities) is through the Lorentz transformation
 
kor said:
Although in Lorentz transformation, we can see that x'= related to x and t
What i don't understand is that
this is the transformation between different frame
If in a single frame
how time and space are related ?

In a single frame they are unrelated; this is the same as in Newton's mechanics. And note that already in the Galilean transformation we have x' related to x and t. :smile:

Cheers,
Harald
 

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