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Graduate How Does Gravity Affect Time and Distance in Space Travel?
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Graduate Einstein-scalar field action -> Einstein-scalar field equations
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Graduate Covariant derivative in spherical coordinate
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Graduate Length Contraction of Particles & Photons in Relativity
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Graduate Gravitational waves due to acceleration
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Undergrad Can Gravitational Force Depend on Medium Like Electric Force Does?
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Graduate Michelson–Morley experiment using objects with mass?
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Graduate What Happens to Light Between Two Colliding Black Holes?
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Graduate A study of the motion of a relativistic continuous medium
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Graduate Clarification on light speed experiment
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Graduate Curved or non-curved space, what is more fundamental?
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Graduate Speed of a photon relative to another photon
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Graduate Gravity time dialation and acceleration?
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Graduate Length contraction and time dilation equivelant?
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Undergrad Does energy has gravitational force?
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Graduate Source of Gravitational Energy
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Graduate Lorentz tranformations and time slices
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Graduate Time Dilation: Object & Lightbulb
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Graduate How Does Velocity Influence Energy Perception in Physics?
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Graduate What Happens to Time Dilation at a Black Hole's Event Horizon?
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Graduate What General Relativity Project Should I Undertake to Enhance My Knowledge?
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Graduate BRS: PKI Cryptosystems for SA/Ms: A Tutorial
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Undergrad E=mc2 | If something has near zero mass, can it move?
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Graduate What Is the Shortest Path on a Sphere If Not a Line of Latitude?
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Graduate Why is There No Universal Space? - Henrik's Questions
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Graduate Gravity and Mass: What's the Need for a Graviton?
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Graduate Einstein Equation with Cosmological Constant & Variable x^u
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Graduate Mermin's geometrical approach to SR
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Graduate Confirming Einstein's Theory: Measurement of Bending of Light
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Graduate Is time travel possible and does it mean we have no free will?
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Graduate Can a New Type of Black Hole Exist Without a Singularity?
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Graduate Curved Space-time and Relative Velocity
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Graduate Could an observer prove he is in a CTC?
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Graduate What Does Locally Lorentz Really Mean in Spacetime Geometry?
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What Are the Innovations in Timelike Congruences by Abreu and Visser?
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Undergrad Relativity & Twins: What Happens When Two Move Away & Return?
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Graduate General Question on Schwarzschild Metric
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Graduate What is the 4-velocity of an object?
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Graduate Most power gravitational wave sources
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Graduate Mass-Beam Behaviour: An Analysis of Efficiency for Particle-Beam Pushed Sails
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Undergrad Understanding Relativity: An Introduction for A-Level Students
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Undergrad Question about Galileo's principle of relativity
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Graduate Solutions to Killing's equation in flat spacetime
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Undergrad E=MC2 vs. m² = E² - p²: Motion vs Rest
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Graduate Derivation of Energy-Momentum Relation WITHOUT using relativistic mass?
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Undergrad Special relativity Only Valid Under Handpicked Conditions?
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Graduate The Stress part of the Stress - Energy - Momentum Tensor
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Graduate ED Griffiths "World Line" Problem: Solution to p.506, prob. 12.22
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Graduate How Does Time and Space Switch Roles at a Black Hole's Event Horizon?
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Graduate Functional derivative of connection with respect to metric
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Undergrad Can Time Travel Really Alter Our Perception of Communication?
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Undergrad Is the presence of 'c' in E=mc^2 coincidence?
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Graduate How much matter can you put in space and time?
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Graduate Am I taking crazy pills or is Einstein missing a factor of gamma?
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Undergrad General Relativity- the Sun revolves around the Earth?
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Graduate What is the true meaning of rest-energy in relativity?
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Graduate Coordinate transformation and metric tensor
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Undergrad Coordinate Systems: GR vs Newtonian
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Graduate What Makes Gravity Seem So Weak Compared to Other Forces?
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Graduate How Can Gravity Be Calculated in an Alderson Disk System?
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Undergrad Question about Black Holes and Speed
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Graduate Where does the Einstein-Hilbert action come from?
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Graduate Velocity addition expressed as gamma
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Undergrad Can Energy be Converted into Mass?
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Graduate Time Dilation Light Clock Example
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Graduate Deriving Relativistic Momentum
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Graduate What Determines the Sources of Gravity in Einstein's Theory?
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Graduate How Does Dark Energy Exhibit Negative Pressure in Cosmology?
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Graduate Gravitational Analog to Maxwell's Eq.
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Graduate How Can We Understand Geodesics in Curved Spacetime Under Gravity?
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Graduate Understanding Contortion Tensor in Teleparallel Gravity
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Graduate Has Special Relativity really been proven?
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Graduate Timelike geodesic equations for the Schwarzschild metric
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Undergrad Does Relative Speed Affect Gravitational Attraction?
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Undergrad Can you accelerate faster than the speed of light?
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Find Einstein's GR Papers: Read His Own Words
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Graduate What Prevents the Time Dilation Paradox in Intergalactic Travel?
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Graduate The strange world of Phil the photon
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Graduate Device to measure curvature of spacetime.
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Graduate Is it Possible to Travel Faster Than Light?
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Graduate Can someone please explain to me what the Christoffel symbols symbols are?
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Graduate Relativity: Changes & Extensions - 3 Questions Answered
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Graduate Relativity of simultaneity help
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Graduate Understanding Relativity Concepts in Interstellar Space
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Graduate How Clocks (Seemingly) Ruin Everything
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Graduate Quantitative Predictions from Higher Math? Relativity, Quantum Field, String
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Graduate Time dimension extent of a 4-dimension object
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Graduate What is the equation for stable orbits in Kerr metric?
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Undergrad Curvature in space time ? Gravity
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Graduate Preserving Magnetic Polarity in a Revolving Reference Frame
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Graduate Acceleration vs Gravity and effect on time/clocks
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Graduate If I was traveling at 51% the speed of light
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Graduate Negative moving coordinates and Time Dilation
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High School Gravity on a Moving Train: More or Less?
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Graduate Are Relativistic Mass Calculations Still Relevant in Modern Physics?
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Graduate The WHY of speed of light vs. the FACT thereof
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Graduate Does gravity REALLY pull on light? Really?
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Graduate Is Flat-Earth's Gravity Theory Flawed Due to Relativistic Acceleration?
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Graduate Both think the other's time is slower Paradox
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Graduate Understanding accelerated frame in general relativity
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