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The Galilean transformations form a group of bijections of the coordinate space
Statement
In the notation of The Galilean transformations of the coordinate space, with , the set of Galilean transformations and the parameters of :
- The parameter map is injective: if then , , and .
- Each is a bijection of , with inverse
- Composition of Galilean transformations is Galilean, with and is the identity map of .
- Consequently is a subgroup of the group of all bijections of under composition.
Facts & Assumptions
Given: The coordinate space , the maps and the parameter set (The Galilean transformations of the coordinate space).
Definition of and its parameters: for all , with , and (The Galilean transformations of the coordinate space).
; for all the matrices and again lie in , and is invertible with inverse , so that ( is a subgroup of the general linear group, with , The orthogonal group and the rotation group ).
Matrix algebra: the matrix product is associative and for every matrix ; the matrix-vector products displayed in the definition satisfy , , and for and , when matrices act on column vectors by the product of Rectangular matrix multiplication and the identity matrix , including zero-sized shapes read componentwise; two vectors of are equal exactly when their three components agree, and two matrices are equal exactly when their nine entries agree (Rectangular matrix multiplication and the identity matrix , including zero-sized shapes).
Proof
[Injectivity] Assume . Evaluating at and comparing first coordinates gives . Evaluating at then gives for every ; at this gives , and after subtracting, for every , which for compares the three columns of the matrix and gives . Evaluating at then gives for every real ; subtracting the known and taking gives . Hence .
[Composition] For every , applying first and then gives . By the linearity and associativity identities of [L3] this equals , which is for ; and by [L2], so and the composite is Galilean with the displayed parameters. Taking the second quadruple to be makes the composite equal by [L2], and taking the first to be makes it equal ; hence is the identity map of , and the composite lies in .
[Inverse] Let and ; by [L2] , so . For put and . Then , and by of [L2]; hence and is surjective. Expanding gives , so is the identity of . If then from the first coordinate, and from the second, giving because is invertible by [L2]; so is injective, and with surjectivity it is a bijection.
[Two-sided inverse] By step 1.2 the composite has parameters with , so its components are , , and ; hence , the identity of by step 1.2. This proves clause 2 with the displayed inverse.
[Subgroup] By steps 1.2 and 2.1 the set contains the identity of the bijection group of and is closed under composition and inversion; by step 1.1 the parameter map is injective, and every is a bijection by steps 1.3 and 2.1. Therefore is a subgroup of the group of all bijections of under composition, and clauses 1-4 hold.
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Sources
- D. Tong, Dynamics and Relativity (Cambridge lecture notes, Lent 2013), Section 1.2.1, printed pages 5-7 (PDF pages 11-13): the Galilean group of translations, rotations and boosts and the absolute-time shift
- D. Tong, Classical Dynamics (Cambridge lecture notes, January 2015 printing), Section 1.2, printed pages 2-5 (PDF pages 8-11): the ten transformations relating inertial frames, comprising rotations, translations, boosts and time translation