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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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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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