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I just start to read Mathematical Methods of Classical Mechanics by Arnold. And I am sort of very puzzled by all the notion.
Firstly, if the universe is seen as a 4D affine space, why is time a mapping from [itex]R^4→R[/itex]? I mean this kind of 4D contains time, right?
Secondly, I thought the kernel of such a mapping t should be the set of events simultaneous with a given event (affine apace), yet it saids kernel is a 3D linear subspace of a vector space [itex]R^4[/itex].
Thirdly, I never formally took a class on group theory, and google did not exactly answer me. But what is the dimension of the galilean group (or any other group).
Thanks in advance!
Firstly, if the universe is seen as a 4D affine space, why is time a mapping from [itex]R^4→R[/itex]? I mean this kind of 4D contains time, right?
Secondly, I thought the kernel of such a mapping t should be the set of events simultaneous with a given event (affine apace), yet it saids kernel is a 3D linear subspace of a vector space [itex]R^4[/itex].
Thirdly, I never formally took a class on group theory, and google did not exactly answer me. But what is the dimension of the galilean group (or any other group).
Thanks in advance!