Published March 19, 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

The Minkowski's space-time is consistent with differential geometry of fractional order

  • 1. Department of Mathematics, University of Quebec at Montreal, P.O. Box 8888, Downtown Station, Montreal, Qc H3C 3P8 (Canada)

Description

The recent discovery of fractional Taylor's series for nondifferentiable functions, f(x+h)=Eα(hαDxα)f(x), where Eα(.) denotes the Mittag-Leffler function, and Dxα is the so-called modified Riemann-Liouville fractional derivative, opens the possibility of a differential geometry of fractional order. It is shown that the Lorentz pseudo-metric is quite consistent with this fractional geometry, in other words that the fractional velocity of light does not affect the matter. The fractal effect is pictured by change of scale in space and time

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physleta.2006.10.085;
PII
S0375-9601(06)01703-8;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters. A
Journal Volume
363
Journal Issue
1-2
Journal Page Range
p. 5-11
ISSN
0375-9601
CODEN
PYLAAG

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
39013802
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY; FRACTALS; FUNCTIONS; LORENTZ TRANSFORMATIONS; MINKOWSKI SPACE; SPACE-TIME; VISIBLE RADIATION
Descriptors DEC
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; MATHEMATICS; RADIATIONS; SPACE; TRANSFORMATIONS

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Copyright (c) 2006 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.