Consider the transformation of the 4-vector (1,0) under a boost in the direction:(1,0)? (7?-?-1),where r=...

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Consider the transformation of the 4-vector (1,0) under a boost in the direction:(1,0)? (7?-?-1),where r= ?v-1 parameterises the boost.Writing r = cosh? show that the boost corresponds to the transformation matrix Q = exp (??/2)(note that there is no i in our matrix representation).

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