1 New Insights into the Special Theory of Relativity

Abstract- In the 20th century, physics has understood space and time as being coupled into a “space-time ” manifold, a fundamental arena in which everything takes place. Space-time was considered to have three spatial dimensions and one temporal dimension. Out of the mathematical formalism for the fourth space-time component X4 = ict one can conclude that time t is only a numerical order of material change, i.e., the motion that we obtain with clocks. Time is not a 4th dimension of space. For the description of the Special Theory of Relativity it is here proposed an Minkowski 4D space whilst time t is merely a numerical order of a photon motion in a 4D space. This view opens new perspectives on the understanding of the quantum entanglement, where the 4D space becomes an immediate medium for quantum communication. Key words: space-time, space, time, numerical order, time dilation, light clock, quantum entanglement. I. According to the mathematical formalism ictX =4 in the Special Theory of Relativity time t is a numerical order of material changes that run in a 4D space According to the mathematical formalism of ictX =4 the space-time is a four dimensional space with its dimensional components 1X, 2X, 3X, 4X where the fourth coordinate is ictX =4. 4X is formulated as a product of an imaginary number i ( 1−=i), light speed c, and time t. In thi