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Correct Lorentz part, incorrect affine part
Negative examples and precise limitations › Correct Lorentz part, incorrect affine part · lines 1837–1856
For , the affine map
has the same Lorentz part as , but it does not fix the particle worldline pointwise. Indeed,
Its time translation cannot be removed by conjugating it to a spinless rotation with a fixed timelike axis, since it has no fixed point.
This algebraic example explains why the certificate checks the whole affine word rather than only its Lorentz part. Time-shifted identifications also appear in the classical discussion of spinning sources DJH1984.
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