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kind: concept
name: History of Lorentz transformations
aliases: [heaviside-ellipsoid]
sources:
  - wikipedia: en:7058047@r1374406826
    locator: History of Lorentz transformations
    note: adopted
    mention: wikipedia://en/7058047
    sections: [Summary]
same_as:
  wikidata: Q176851
  wikipedia: History of Lorentz transformations
inventory: [JPPCPQE0YF]
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## Summary

The **history of Lorentz transformations** comprises the development of [[linear transformations|0NRYHJPQG2]] forming the Lorentz group or Poincaré group preserving the Lorentz interval $-x_{0}^{2}+\cdots+x_{n}^{2}$ and the Minkowski inner product $-x_{0}y_{0}+\cdots+x_{n}y_{n}$.