Question: Consider a time like unit four-vector , and the tensor P whose components are given by Pv = v + UUv. (a) Show that P

Consider a time like unit four-vector , and the tensor P whose components are given by
Pμv = ημv + UμUv.
(a) Show that P is a projection operator that projects an arbitrary vector into one orthogonal to , That is, show that the vector Х whose components are
= PV = (n

Is
(i) Orthogonal to ,
And
(ii) Unaffected by P:
VaХХ : = pa(V(Х = VaХ.
(b) Show that for an arbitrary non-null vector , the tensor that projects orthogonally to it has components
ημν ˆ’ qμqν / (qαqα).
How does this fail for null vectors? How does this relate to the definition of P?
(c) Show that P defined above is the metric tensor for vectors perpendicular to :

Consider a time like unit four-vector , and the tensor

= PV = (n"8 + U" Up)V = (n"B +UUp)V V

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