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Grammar bad

Under "History", the following phrase appears, "In 1905, and later published in 1906...". The grammar might be improved.

Flat???

A lot of talk about a flat spacetime, but no definition of 'flatness' to be found (I think). What do you mean with 'flat'? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Koitus~nlwiki (talk • contribs) 20:11, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Good point. I have added a wikilink to the relevant article Flat (geometry). - DVdm (talk) 08:58, 16 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Misleading text for image "Subdivision of Minkowski spacetime"

In section "Causal structure" the image "Subdivision of Minkowski spacetime" has a misleading terminology: "absolute future" and "absolute past". A better terminology is used in the Wikipedia article "Causal structure": "causal future" and "causal past". Johanwiden (talk) 14:59, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have now replaced "absolute future/past" with e.g. "causal future (also called the absolute future)".

Also added an internal reference to Wikipedia page "Causal structure", which defines causal future/past. Johanwiden (talk) 13:03, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Add a forward reference to definition of "scalar product" at first use of symbol for scalar product

In section "Causal structure" the greek symbol "eta", is used without explanation or reference. Add a named link "scalar product" at the use of symbol "eta". "scalar product" is defined later on in the article. Johanwiden (talk) 10:17, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have know added the forward link to section "Scalar product". Johanwiden (talk) 13:22, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Lightlike" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Lightlike has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 October 2 § Lightlike until a consensus is reached. 1234qwer 1234qwer 4 13:16, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]