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Lightlike Event Symmetry Breaking


Spacetime symmetry must be broken to go from the relativistic weak gravitational force to a classical force for both cause and effect. Contrast the relativistic geometry of Minkowski spacetime with the geometry of Newtonian absolute space and time.

Minkowski Space Geometry Newtonian Space and Time
True, Elegant Utility Accurate, Practical
Interval
Velocity
Acceleration


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