Minkowski plane

In mathematics, the Minkowski plane (named after Hermann Minkowski) is a two-dimensional affine space provided with a metric that is invariant under translations.

Often one identifies the underlying affine space with the plane R². With this identification, it is easily seen that any Minkowski plane corresponds to a norm on that plane, and vice versa.

A generalization of the Minkowski plane is the Benz plane.

See also

• distance
• unit disc

External links

• On the Perimeter and Area of the Unit Disc, by J.C. Álvarez Pavia and A.C. Thompson

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