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Light Cone Boost

Boost transformation for events on the light cone of a given event, with constant ct.

The events on the light cone with constant ct form a circle centered on the ct axis. The animation shows two views:

The boost transformation for wave vectors has the same behavior as shown here. That is, the upper ellipse correctly shows:

For the ellipse in the top view, the ratio of the width to the height is just γ.