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Question 2

Sketch the curve consisting of all events in the $xt$-plane with constant invariant distance $s$ from the origin, where

\begin{displaymath}s^2=x^2-c^2t^2\qquad\hbox{and}\qquad s^2>0.\end{displaymath}

[Hints can be found here, but do not follow this link until you have attempted the question on your own.]



Mike Birse
2001-01-16