Abstract:
For a special choice of the parameter matrices, pseudo-orthogonal and pseudounitary transformations are represented in the form of polynomials of second
degree in these matrices. The connection between the transformation parameters
and generalized velocities in the case of subluminal and superluminal generalized
velocities is established. The resulting transformations are a generalization of
Lorentz transformations describing pure motion to arbitrary real and complex
pseudo-Euclidean spaces. The law of composition of the generalized velocities is
found.