de Sitter space
English
Etymology
Named after Willem de Sitter (1872–1934), professor of astronomy.
Noun
de Sitter space (plural de Sitter spaces)
- A Lorentzian manifold in Minkowski space which is the analogue of the sphere in ordinary Euclidean space.
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