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Graduate Is the Lorentz metric compatible with the topology of flat spacetime?
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Graduate Self-interactions in linearized gravity
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Graduate What is the Generalized Approach to Lorentzian Relativity?
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Graduate Why does the bend in space time not affect the gyroscope?
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Graduate A critique of Mike Fontenot's CADO scheme
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Graduate C^2 in Lorentz transformations and special relativity.
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Graduate Basing everything on speed of light
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Graduate Newton's bucket and Galilean relativity
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Graduate Quick question to clear up some confusion on Riemann tensor and contraction
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Graduate Can someone help me understand this paradox please
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Graduate Archimedes principle and relativity
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Undergrad How do Lorentz transformations show the relationship between time and space?
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Graduate Does Anyone Use Newtonian Physics w/ Arbitrary Time Coordinates?
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Graduate Does frequency of light increase if
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Graduate Acceleration of Light ensity of Space
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Graduate Ambiguity in time dilation due to relative velocity
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Graduate How to denote tetrad in Abstract Index Notation ?
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Graduate Is it possible for relative velocity to exceed the speed of light?
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Graduate Local Coordinates for Non-Uniformly Accelerated Observer
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Undergrad The Twin Paradox: Mike & Angela's Frame of Reference
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Graduate Can a beam entering a black hole be used to communicate with the outside world?
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Graduate Do photons experience instant lifetimes?
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Graduate When do we use tensor densities rather than tensors?
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Graduate Is Spacetime Curvature Real? - Take 2
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Undergrad Relativity Books: Advanced Reads for Engineering Student
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Undergrad What is the significance of taking the derivative of y=sin^-1(x)?
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Undergrad Twin Paradox: Explaining Symmetry & Age Difference
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Graduate Does GR fail at the Planck scale?
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Graduate Electron Falling in Kerr Metric: Release of 40% Rest Energy?
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Graduate Can Photons Exceed the Speed of Light in a Gravitational Field?
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Graduate Conservation of angular momentum in GR
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Graduate Einstein's Theory of Relativity & Time: Questions Answered
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Undergrad Anyone here play Portal? Portal + Relativity question
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Graduate New Theory of Spacetime: Is Time the 4th Dimension?
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Graduate Photon gas as medium for electromagnetic propagation
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Graduate How can Block Holes form in finite time?
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Undergrad Help with special relativity (frames of reference)
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Graduate Faster than the Speed of Light
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Graduate Terminology for Doppler shifts
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Graduate Question about C and Relativity
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Graduate Is there a reference frame where our entire life happens simultaneously?
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Graduate A thought experiment for surpassing the speed of light
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Graduate Classical Field Theory without Force
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Graduate Why is the Speed of Light Constant in Time Dilation?
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Graduate Testability of Torsion in Teleparallel Gravity - V.C. de Andrade et al
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Graduate Space-Time Distortion: Matterless Vacuums in Space
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Graduate Deflection angles of photons passing by black holes
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Graduate Equations for length contraction
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Undergrad Deriving the speed of light from the Pythagorean Theorem
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Graduate Constancy of the speed of light.
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Graduate Is (our) future already exists, according to relativity?
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Graduate How does blackhole event horizon grow?
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Graduate Straight Line Case. My paradox. Sorry if I rewrite and start a new post.
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Graduate What Do Seconds Mean During the Big Bang?
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Graduate Why Does the Twin Paradox Not Invalidate the Theory of Relativity?
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Graduate The Shape of the Universe, and General Relativity
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Graduate Why is the Andromeda Paradox flawed according to Penrose's book?
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Graduate Can We See Andromeda in Real-Time Using a Near-Light Speed Telescope?
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Graduate Gravity = warping of spacetime (doesn't make sense)
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Graduate Thought Expirement, Tethered Spacecraft travelling near light speed
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Graduate How to measure speed of light?
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Where can I find Survey of gravitational radiation theory F.A.E PIRANI
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Graduate Twin Paradox (thorough explanation needed)
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Undergrad Relativity Breakdown: Explained for Non-Scientists
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Are Black Holes Truly Fiction? Examining the Evidence
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Graduate Constant acceleration approach? =/
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Graduate TIme Dilation & Quantum Entanglement Question
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Graduate Space-time geometry in the absence of matter
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Graduate Big bang in Robertson - Walker space - time
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Graduate Gravitational waves by analogy with Maxwell's equations
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Graduate Do you have to travel away from the observer for time to slow down?
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Graduate What If Lorentz Invariance Violation Were Detected?
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Graduate Understanding Reduced Mass and its Role in Classical Mechanics
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Graduate Doubt about gravitational waves
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Graduate Relativity and the Heisenberg Ontology
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Graduate Q: if you travel closer to c, will you see length(distance) contraction
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Graduate Rietdijk-Putnam Argument: Free Will, Relativity & The Andromeda Paradox
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Graduate Distance between two points in spacetime
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Graduate Energy Approximation for Small Velocity - Schutz's "A First Course in GR
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Graduate Proving Lagrangian EOM with Non-minimal Coupling
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Graduate Equations of motion por a free particle in curved spacetime
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Graduate Contravariant metric components
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Undergrad Relativistic Space Travel: Fact or Fiction?
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Undergrad What is the kinetic energy of an object traveling at the speed of light?
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Graduate Why is the universe's expansion accelerating despite gravitational forces?
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Undergrad Speed of light not a legitamate factor in relation to mass
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Graduate Understanding the Fall into a Black Hole: A Scientific Analysis
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Undergrad When people talk about the current size of the observable universe
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Graduate Discovering Co-frame Basis Vectors for General Einstein Metric
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Graduate Conservation of Energy Down The Drain?
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Graduate What would be the physical consequence of a non-metric connection?
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Graduate Geodesic Motion for the Gödel Space-time
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Graduate Einstein's Theory - Is Moving Away at Speed 'c' Constant Time?
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Graduate Max Occupation of Spacetime: Lorentz-Fitzgerald Equation
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Graduate Do Twins Age Differently in Space Depending on Their Travel Path?
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Undergrad Why is there a universal speed limit, c, and why is it what it is?
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Graduate General Tensor contraction: Trace of Energy-Momentum Tensor (Einstein metric)
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Graduate Does Absolute Zero Affect Aging Like Twin Theory?
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Graduate The End of the Universe in an Instant
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Graduate Relativistic rotational kinetic energy
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