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PhysLean.Relativity.Tensors.RealTensor.Vector.Causality.TimeLike

Properties of time like vectors #

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theorem Lorentz.Vector.timelike_neg_time_component_product {d : } (v w : Vector d) (hv_neg : toCoord v (Sum.inl 0) < 0) (hw_neg : toCoord w (Sum.inl 0) < 0) :

For timelike vectors with negative time components, their time components multiply to give a positive number

For timelike vectors, the Minkowski inner product is positive

For timeLike vectors in Minkowski space, the inner product of the spatial part is less than the square of the time component

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For nonzero timelike vectors, the time component is nonzero

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For timelike vectors, the time component is nonzero

A vector is timelike if and only if its time component squared is less than the sum of its spatial components squared

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Time component squared is positive for timelike vectors

For timelike vectors, the spatial norm squared is strictly less than the time component squared