Time vs. Duration: Lorentz-Consistent Minkowski Diagrams (v1.0)

📄 Paper Overview

This preprint presents a revised framework for interpreting spacetime diagrams in Special Relativity and twin paradox, focusing on the distinction between coordinate time and proper time. The work challenges conventional interpretations of simultaneity and proposes an operational definition of "absolute" reference frames for consistent measurement comparison.

🔑 Key Contributions

• Lorentz-consistent diagram construction that preserves coordinate relationships across frames
• Operational definition of reference frames for comparing events without ambiguity
• Python implementation for generating reproducible Minkowski diagrams
• Critical analysis of the twin paradox with explicit coordinate tracking

📦 What's Included

• Time_vs_Duration_paper.tex — Main LaTeX manuscript
• Time_vs_Duration_Paper.pdf — Compiled PDF (v1.0)
• reference.bib — Bibliography database
• sn-jln.cls, sn-basic.bst — Springer Nature template files
• src/ — Python scripts for diagram generation
• LICENSE — CC BY 4.0 license

📅 Version Information

• Release Date: April 2026
• Version: 1.0 (Initial Preprint)
• Status: Preprint (not peer-reviewed)

📚 Citation

If you use this work, please cite:

@misc{vlad2026time,
  author = {Vlad, Ion},
  title = {Time vs. Duration: Lorentz-Consistent Minkowski Diagrams},
  year = {2026},
  publisher = {GitHub},
  journal = {Preprint},
  url = {https://github.com/yourusername/your-repo/releases/tag/v1.0},
  doi = {10.xxxx/zenodo.xxxxxx} 
}