Kruskal and Penrose diagrams for a Minkosky spacetime

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The discussion centers on the representation of Minkowski spacetime through Kruskal and Penrose diagrams. Jeff inquires about two diagrams found on a specific website, questioning their accuracy in depicting Minkowski spacetime. Responses clarify that while the first diagram resembles a Kruskal diagram, the term is typically reserved for black hole representations. The second diagram aligns more closely with Penrose diagrams, which utilize a spherical coordinate system, highlighting the conceptual challenges in interpreting negative radii in such diagrams.

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Hello

I'm looking for diagrams (Kruskal and Penrose diagrams) representing Minkosky spacetime.
I found two diagrams at http://nrumiano.free.fr/Estars/int_bh.html (the two first diagrams of the page). Do they represent a Minkowski spacetime ?

Thanks,
Jeff
 
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The first diagram looks OK, but I haven't heard the term "Kruskal diagram" used to describe such a diagram of Minkowski spacetime; I've only heard "Kruskal diagram" used to describe a diagram using Kruskal coordinates for black holes (which looks somewhat similar).

The second diagram looks similar to the one on the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penrose_diagram" . The latter form makes more sense to me since, as I understand it, Penrose diagrams are supposed to represent a "spherical" sort of coordinate system, where the spacelike dimension is radius r. In this interpretation having a left half of the diagram would correspond to a negative radius, which doesn't make sense.
 
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