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    • https://phys.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Relativity/General_Relativity_(Crowell)/04%3A_Tensors/4.01%3A_Lorentz_Scalars
      A Lorentz scalar is a quantity that remains invariant under both spatial rotations and Lorentz boosts. Mass is a Lorentz scalar. Electric charge is also a Lorentz scalar. The time measured by a clock ...A Lorentz scalar is a quantity that remains invariant under both spatial rotations and Lorentz boosts. Mass is a Lorentz scalar. Electric charge is also a Lorentz scalar. The time measured by a clock traveling along a particular world-line from one event to another is something that all observers will agree upon; they will simply note the mismatch with their own clocks. It is therefore a Lorentz scalar.

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