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This image represents a space-time diagram of Minkowski space-time continuum with one dimension of space and the dimension of time. In this diagram 1 unit of space is the distance that light travels in 1 unit of time. For an object moving from point O in space-time to point A in space-time t3 units of proper time will elapse.
The line $\sqrt (t^2-x^2) = 3$ connects all the points in space-time that have in common that for an object moving from point O in space-time to any point on that line, 3 units of proper time elapse.
In Minkowski space-time, the proper time is a measure of the amount of separation between points in space-time. The line $\sqrt (t^2-x^2) = 3$ is a collection of all the points that are 3 units of proper time away from point O.

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Created: 8 January 2006

Author: Cleonis

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current	11:20, 8 January 2006	256×256 (6 KB)	Cleonis (Talk \| contribs)	('''Description:'''<BR> This image represents a space-time diagram of Minkowski space-time continuum with one dimension of space and the dimension of time. In this diagram 1 unit of space is the distance that light travels in 1 unit of time. For an object )