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1. Show that for two timelike separated events, there is some inertial frame in which t does not equal zero, x = 0. Show that for two spacelike separated events there is an inertial frame where t = 0, x does not equal zero.

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1. Show that for two timelike separated events, there is some inertial frame in which t does not equal zero, x = 0. Show that for two spacelike separated events there is an inertial frame where ...

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