Published March 19, 2007
| Version v1
Journal article
The Minkowski's space-time is consistent with differential geometry of fractional order
Creators
- 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
Additional details
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
Optional Information
- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2006 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.