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Graduate Some Inertial Frames may br more Equivalnet than Others
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Graduate Understanding Relativity: Increasing Speed
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Graduate Two Body Problem: Exact Solutions?
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Undergrad I Need the explaination of The image of formation of black hole
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High School If I swing my arm, it can emit gravitational waves?
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Undergrad Twin Paradox Theory: Explained for 9th Graders
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Graduate Black hole entropy as a Noether Charge
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Graduate Proving invariance of scalar product
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Graduate Implications of geodesiacs(philosophical)
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Graduate D'Alembertian question again (sorry)
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Graduate Questions about the speed of light.
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Graduate Question about Mass(special relativity)
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Graduate Understanding the Detonator Paradox: A Relativity-Based Explanation
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Graduate Confused by D'alembertian operator in EM
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Graduate What is the material that allows transverse but not longitudinal waves?
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Undergrad Twin #1 is calling twin #2 in mid flight on instant-stellar phone
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Graduate Metric versus Tetrad formulation of relativity
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Graduate What is the Twin Paradox in General Relativity?
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Undergrad Grasping Special Relativity: Concept Understanding for 17yo
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Undergrad Starting to learn about General and special relativity
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Graduate Double Special Relativity (DSR) fake or real?
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Graduate Probably dumb question. problem understanding formula
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Undergrad Is there a way to intuitively understand proper time in special relativity?
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Graduate The physical nature of spacetime
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Graduate Doppler shift formula and the assumptions behind it
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Graduate Is the first postulate necessary?
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Graduate The Relativistic Mass-Energy Relationship
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Graduate E=mc2 Energy converts to matter
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Undergrad Time dilation- V relative to what?
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Graduate A question about constant acceleration close to the speed of light
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Graduate Einstein's Field Equation Stress-Energy
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Graduate Geodesic Deviation: Deriving Formula with Schtuz's Book
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Graduate Is Simultaneity Absolute in Einstein's Theory of Relativity?
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Graduate Inertial Frame R: Persisting Relationships of Particles' Positions & Velocities
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Graduate Is this the fabric of the universe?
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Graduate If a charged particle is free falling in the gravitational field-
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Graduate What is the perception of mass compression during relative time in acceleration?
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Graduate Invariance of uxw (velocityxphase velocity)
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Graduate Linear algebra and tensors in GR
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Visser: Lorentzian wormholes. From Einstein to Hawking 1996
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Undergrad A complete course in relativity.
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Graduate Gravitational radiation reaction
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Graduate Simultaneity, contraction and interval.
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Graduate Earth-Based Gravity Wave Detectors: Exist, Effectiveness, Detection & Setup
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Graduate Relative No-emission Propulsion
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Undergrad Principle of Relativity violation
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Graduate How Can We Determine If Two Light Beams Are Emitted Simultaneously?
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Graduate Location of new mass when added to grav system
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Graduate Calculating Light Bending by Gravity: Can You Teach Me?
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Graduate Whether a person will die or not is relative
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High School Uncovering the Mystery of Photons, Mass, and Gravity for Beginners
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Undergrad Relativity Question: Length Contraction of Moving Boxes
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Graduate Does Gravity Instantaneously Disappear When a Massive Object Vanishes?
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Undergrad Does Weight Change with Reference Frame? A Question Explored
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Graduate Does the Gravitational Field Have Mass?
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Graduate Lorentz-Transformation and time
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Graduate Is a Photon a Point or an Energy?
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Graduate Why C in Vacuum? Time Dilation Formula Explained
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Graduate Link btw manifolds and space-time
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Graduate How Would Headlights Behave If Your Car Traveled Faster Than Light?
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Graduate Twin Paradox in 3-sphere (S^3)
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Graduate What Does It Mean When We Say Spacetime Is Curved?
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Graduate What Does \nabla_{[a}F_{bc]} Mean? Notation Question Answered!
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Graduate Questions about kinetic energy and gravitation
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Graduate Time elapsed for watch with crystal normal or parallel to g
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Graduate Concept of the constant speed of light
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High School The Speed of Light: If My Arms Were 10 Light Years Long
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Undergrad A simple observation regarding the equivalence of acceleration and gravity
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Graduate Photons in the stationary wave?
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Graduate Speed of Light Sucked into Black Hole
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Undergrad Experiencing time faster rathe than slower
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Graduate Is Time a Vector, Scalar, or Something Else Entirely?
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Graduate Curvature and Geodesics in Space-Time: A Question on Photon Paths
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Undergrad Does every piece of information in the universe have mass?
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Graduate Stupid question about page 70 in a first course in GR
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Graduate How can we accurately measure the relative velocity between two moving bodies?
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Graduate Near Light Velocity: Can Distances Shorten & Universe Appear Flattened?
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Graduate Global Positioning System and Relativity
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Graduate Question on Penrose diagram for Schwazschild metric
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Undergrad Can a Michelson Interferometer Detect Gravitational Waves on a Small Scale?
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Graduate A possible question concerning the photon
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Graduate The curvature cause by gravity implies absolute space?
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Graduate Is there a maximum doppler shift?
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Graduate Physical Interactions over Great Distances
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Undergrad Is Matter Simply a Form of Energy?
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Graduate Relativity of Simultaneity and Length Contraction in Observing Lightning Strikes
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Graduate Is it Possible to Determine the Temperature of Space-Time?
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Undergrad Spacetime and problem of 4th dimesion.
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Graduate Does the Rod Appear Shorter to Person A When Travelling Near c?
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Graduate Energy-momentum conservation equation
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Graduate Lorentz transformation and lorentz-Einstein transformations
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Graduate The Lorentz Transformations and vector components
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Graduate Killing's equation from infinitesimal transformation
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Graduate Einstein Hilbert Action
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Graduate Killing vector in kruskal coordinates
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Sign Conventions: A Cultural Study
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Graduate Is space infinitely divisible?
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Undergrad The Length of Pendulum Strings: Motion Effects
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Undergrad Understanding Time Dilation in Special Relativity
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