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Undergrad Interacting gravitational fields
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Graduate Could the curvature of space in general relativity represent a 4th dimension?
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Undergrad Could you use contained light as a form of propulsion?
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Graduate Time & Distance: Brian Greene's Theory Explored
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Graduate Space-Time Puzzle: Why Objects Can't Be in Two Places at Once
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Undergrad Testing whether gravity bends light
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Graduate Calculating Ship Acceleration with Gauss Gun Propulsion
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Graduate Relativity & Gravity: Does Potential Energy Increase Mass?
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Graduate Bike Moving at 0.866c: Length, Time & Turns Explained
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Undergrad Equivalence Principle Explained - What is it?
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Graduate Killing vectors on a 3D Euclidean space
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High School Gravity: How do objects communicate?
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Graduate Solving Einstein Field Equations for Minkowski Space with CTC
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Undergrad Faster-than-light newbie question
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Graduate Question about Brian Greene's book
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Graduate Important and/or Interesting Spacetimes
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Graduate Question about black holes and gravity
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Graduate Relativistic inelastic collisions?
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Graduate Does time dilation occur even in our everyday movements?
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Undergrad Solving the Mystery of Graviton & Einstein's Accelerating Frame Model
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Graduate Can a light beam stay trapped in a moving cart with ideal mirrors indefinitely?
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Undergrad Hooke's Law & SR: Does k Change with Moving Springs?
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Graduate How does the String Theory Propeller behave as you approach the event horizon?
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Undergrad Gravity - a function of mass or of density?
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Graduate Is There a Discrepancy in Distance Measurements?
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Graduate If Two Spaceships close at a speed of 1.4c ?
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Graduate What is the relationship between 4-momentum and energy/momentum components?
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Graduate What is 'Curvature' of Spacetime
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Graduate Length and time comparisons in SR
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Graduate BRS: Penrose-Carter Conformal Compactifcations of Spacetimes
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Undergrad Link between Thermo and Special Rel?
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Undergrad Can Two Events Be Simultaneous in Multiple Reference Frames?
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Graduate Metric tensor of a non-homogeneous universe
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Graduate Need simple introduction to homology / cohomology theory
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Graduate The feeling of time while traveling at the speed of light
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Graduate Rotating vs. Stationary Mass Grav Effects?
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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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