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Any physical theory is based partly on a spacetime structure, which is needed to locate events (= spacetime points) and to provide a domain of definition for variables describing particles and fields.
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Ehlers, J. (2006). Foundations of Special Relativity Theory. In: Ehlers, J., Lämmerzahl, C. (eds) Special Relativity. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 702. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg . https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-34523-X_3
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