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An event in spacetime
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Figure 13.1
Space-time diagram illustrating the location of a single event.
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t
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=
ct
y
x
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Figure 13.2 Space-time diagram illustrating the history of a light-front emanating from the
origin in one spatial dimension (left) and two spatial dimensions (right).
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Future
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O
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Past
Figure 13.3
Space-time diagram illustrating the world line of a hypothetical person.
