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English: This is a high speed 2D Lorentz diagram showing a set of points that are separated from the origin by the same timelike interval, and also a set separated from the origin by a spacelike interval, written for Wikiversity:Special relativity and steps towards general relativity.
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#FIG 3.2  Produced by xfig version 3.2.5
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1 3 0 1 7 7 50 -1 -1 0.000 1 0.0000 2175 1377 86 86 2175 1377 2225 1447
2 1 0 3 0 7 50 -1 -1 0.000 0 0 -1 0 0 3
	 2700 6750 6750 6750 7200 6750
2 1 0 3 1 7 50 -1 -1 0.000 0 0 -1 0 0 2
	 3150 6750 5400 3150
2 1 0 3 0 7 50 -1 -1 0.000 0 0 -1 0 0 4
	 3150 7200 3150 3150 3150 2700 3150 2250
2 1 0 3 1 7 50 -1 -1 0.000 0 0 -1 0 0 2
	 3156 6761 6589 4268
2 1 0 3 0 7 50 -1 -1 0.000 0 0 -1 0 0 2
	 2822 7058 7505 2882
2 1 0 3 0 7 50 -1 -1 0.000 0 0 -1 0 0 2
	 2863 7105 6920 2287
3 2 0 3 13 7 50 -1 -1 0.000 0 0 0 3
	 7150 2429 5384 3157 3130 3441
	 0.000 -1.000 0.000
3 2 0 3 4 7 50 -1 -1 8.000 0 0 0 3
	 7309 2695 6581 4463 6298 6716
	 0.000 -1.000 0.000
4 0 0 50 -1 -1 32 0.0000 6 435 690 3090 2025 $t$\001
4 0 0 50 -1 0 24 0.0000 4 345 795 3285 7200 (0,0)\001
4 0 0 50 -1 0 32 0.0000 4 360 390 2655 6570 O\001
4 0 0 50 -1 0 32 0.0000 2 435 810 7590 6885 $x$\001
4 0 0 50 -1 0 32 0.0000 4 360 270 2788 3605 1\001
4 0 0 50 -1 0 32 0.0000 4 360 270 6276 7333 1\001
4 0 1 50 -1 0 20 0.9774 4 225 2175 5040 4433 timelike interval\001
4 0 0 50 -1 0 32 6.0214 4 360 270 6330 2649 1\001
4 0 0 50 -1 0 32 0.3491 4 360 270 7078 3791 1\001
4 0 0 50 -1 -1 32 0.0000 6 495 1410 6702 2221 $t'{}'$\001
4 0 0 50 -1 -1 32 0.0000 6 495 1530 7395 3307 $x'{}'$\001
4 0 1 50 -1 0 32 0.9948 2 495 4110 4114 4768 $(\\Delta s)^2 = -1$\001
4 0 1 50 -1 0 20 0.6632 4 300 2340 5680 6045 spacelike interval\001
4 0 1 50 -1 0 32 0.6458 2 495 4230 4448 6567 $(\\Delta s)^2 = +1$\001

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