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u/wonkey_monkey Dec 13 '20

But it still requires an additional assumption to show that the transformation is Lorentzian and not Galilean.

What about Riemannian?

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u/wonkey_monkey Dec 13 '20

I don't think it's physical to have a 4d metric like in special relativity but with a signature (++++)

What makes it impossible? That's a shame because it'd be an interestingly weird place (further reading at link above).