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Compact topologies on Minkowski space

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Minkowski space can be given topologies which are compact and which have, as their homeomorphism group, the inhomogeneous Lorentz group together with dilatations.

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  1. Mathematics Department, Regional Engineering College, 769008, Rourkela, India

    S. Nanda & H. K. Panda

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Nanda, S., Panda, H.K. Compact topologies on Minkowski space. Int J Theor Phys 10, 159–163 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01813408

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