Join in expert discussion on special and general relativity discussion. Relativity is the dependence of various physical phenomena on relative motion of the observer and the observed objects.
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Graduate Is caustic surface of an astrophysical black hole one event?
- bcrowell
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Graduate Cauchy-Schwarz for two spacelike vectors
- bcrowell
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Graduate The Relativistic Figure Skater
- AVentura
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Graduate Relativistic Transformation of Lorentz Force (E + v x B)
- mairzydoats
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Graduate Do two objects at 51% light speed toward each other exceed light speed?
- Moldj
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Graduate What are super translations in black hole physics?
- Einstein's Cat
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Graduate What is the Conformal Boundary of AdS Space?
- kau
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Graduate Which text on differential geometry to supplement relativity
- Kostik
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Graduate Penrose Diagram for Multi-Blackhole Solutions: Reference
- Roy_1981
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Undergrad How do we know the speed of light is constant?
- Tapsnap
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Graduate Is Gravitational Force conserved at the origin (r=0)?
- chi_rho
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Graduate Does time dilation affect only the measurement of time?
- Tomvader1988
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Graduate Do we move in the Universe? Or is everything stationary
- Jaami M.
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Graduate Can Jim's muscles produce more force than Bob's due to time dilation?
- jartsa
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Graduate Necessary conditions for a Penrose diagram?
- bcrowell
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Graduate If the concept of relativistic mass is rejected....
- hidex
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Undergrad Why Does Momentum Matter for Space but Not Time?
- TimeRip496
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Undergrad How can one object move faster relative to another if both see equal opposite velocities?
- zmqp
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Graduate Determine Absolute Speed Using Time Dilation
- Gaz
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Graduate Why is the K/r² formula incompatible with special relativity?
- Sphinx
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Graduate Gravitational Paradox: Solving the Unsolvable
- Einstein's Cat
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Graduate Surpassing the speed of light? Why not?
- quincy harman
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Graduate The Mysterious Synchronization of Clocks in Special Relativity
- shlosmem
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Graduate What is the transformation law for tensor components in differential geometry?
- shooride
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Graduate Directional Derivative of Ricci Scalar: Lev-Civita Connection?
- loops496
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Graduate Can a magnetic field shield be called a wormhole?
- FreeThinking
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Graduate Partial Derivative of x^2 on Manifold (M,g)
- shooride
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Graduate Questions on tensors in GR and the Newtonian limit
- dyn
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Graduate Closed system Energy transformation
- RyanH42
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Graduate Every event is simultaneous with you at some time: proof?
- bcrowell
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Graduate How does Einstein-Cartan theory connect to baby universes in black holes?
- stevendaryl
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Insights Relativistic Work-kinetic Energy Theorem - Comments
- bcrowell
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Graduate In c-v what is v, the train's speed relative to?
- DAC
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High School Machian Relativity: New Theory Glyn Phillips Can't Disprove
- a_potato
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Graduate Computational General Relativity
- dylanreynolds1
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Undergrad Calculating the Riemann Tensor for a 4D Sphere
- Mr-R
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Graduate Puzzle of negative result of Michelson Morley experiment
- mdn
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Graduate What is a nonscalar curvature singularity?
- pervect
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Graduate Can a moving spaceship measure longer than the observable universe?
- Idunno
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Graduate Could extreme time dilation ever be directly observed?
- Louis Philippe
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High School Bell spaceship paradox - qualitatively
- Dadface
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Graduate Bell spaceship paradox quantitatively
- vanhees71
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Insights A Short Proof of Birkhoff's Theorem - Comments
- PeterDonis
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Graduate Question regarding a twin paradox related example
- Yichao Liu
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Graduate Definition for curvature of worldline in Minkowski space
- JD96
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High School Can gravity waves make time stop or go infinitely fast?
- magi
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Graduate Faster Than Light: Nullifying Mass with E=MC2
- Madpoet626
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Graduate Why are massless photons affected by gravity?
- jtbell
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Undergrad Gravitational Effect: 2 Masses N, 2 Larger Masses Further Apart
- Einstein's Cat
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Graduate Can Time Stop in a Gravity-Free Space?
- Neuro51
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Undergrad Time Conundrum: Angel vs Man View
- fxdung
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Graduate Why is gravity but not EM 'ripples' in spacetime?
- Finny
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Insights Centrifugal Force Reversal Near A Black Hole - Comments
- PeterDonis
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Undergrad Why the speed of light is constant?
- Sturk200
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Graduate How quickly does a change in gravity affect its surrounding?
- Fowler
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Graduate Relativistic Doppler and Hubble's law
- giulio_hep
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Graduate Curvature of spacetime inside hollow sphere
- Tony Stark
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Graduate Time dilation and speed of light
- DAC
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Undergrad How does our motion influence the speed of other objects in special relativity?
- thecosmos123456
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Graduate What is the difference between special and general relativity?
- Jaami M.
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Undergrad Does light speed remain c in a moving frame and orbit around massive bodies?
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Graduate Why is it that light has momentum?
- Cole
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Graduate Why does warping space time still violate causality?
- Keln
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Graduate Why is Gravity Sensitive to Absolute Energy?
- "Don't panic!"
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Graduate Finite tidal forces at black hole event horizon redux
- pervect
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Graduate Why aren't other Einstein equation components derived in the Newtonian limit?
- pseudoriemann
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Graduate Spaghettification near event horizon
- Stephanus
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Graduate Can Light Orbit a Massive Object?
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Graduate What's wrong with a flat, empty, and expanding universe?
- Steve Crow
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Graduate Are time dilation experiments conclusive?
- Boro Petrovic
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Graduate Exterior derivative of hodge dual
- JorisL
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Graduate Geodesic Transport of Small 2D Surface on 3D Manifold
- dismachaerus
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Graduate Geometric representation of a tensor
- CASPIDE
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High School How did spacetime pop out into existence?
- dismachaerus
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Insights What Is the Bell Spaceship Paradox, and How Is It Resolved? - Comments
- bcrowell
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Graduate Geodesic Eq: Deriving 2nd Term on RHS
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Graduate Null geodesics and null curves
- blueelectrons
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High School Does gravitational field strength affect how fast time passes?
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Graduate Runaway solutions and the equivalence principle
- bcrowell
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Graduate Why does length contraction not cause Black holes?
- Justice Hunter
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Undergrad How Much Time Do We Actually Occupy in the Universe?
- hlustisa
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Graduate Can you measure a 4-vector without choosing a reference frame?
- Ken G
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Graduate Time-orientability of Lorentzian manifolds
- loislane
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Graduate Does a black hole have a surface area?
- Stephanus
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Graduate Implications of Light Orbiting Black Holes
- ScientificMind
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Graduate Some questions regarding speed of light?
- supermankid
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Graduate Where does photon energy go in universe expansion?
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Undergrad Modeling of measurements in relativity
- Ken G
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Undergrad Special relativity -- 2 parallel space ships & time perception....
- Josh S Thompson
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Graduate Is There a Limit to the Size of a Black Hole?
- Keith
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Graduate Trying to prove a consequence of harmonic gauge in GR
- hideelo
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Graduate Why an infinite lattice can't be stable in general relativity
- Helios
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Graduate Local Geometry of General Relativity Theory
- mikeeey
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Graduate Measuring one-way light speed with separated pulses
- DAC
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Undergrad Does time dilation cause the redshift observed between moving frames?
- Gaz
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Graduate Do test particles keep spherical shape in conformally flat but not Ricci-flat spacetime?
- Markus Hanke
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Graduate Does Space Expansion Add Potential Energy?
- Daniel Bolstad
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Graduate Is gravitational influence instantaneous when masses move?
- Einstein's Cat
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Graduate Can We Make Velocity Greater Than Speed of Light?
- Auror
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High School Do Gravitational Time Dilation and Redshift Contradict Each Other?
- P.Schuurmans
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