Global Lorentz covariance

Global Lorentz covariance

A global Lorentz covariance or global Lorentz symmetry is a global symmetry and a Lorentz symmetry of space-time. Any theory which exhibts a global Lorentz symmetry is said to be "globally Lorentzian".

Special relativity is globally Lorentzian.


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