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Apparently, a T-shaped organism in a positively curved space can wiggle around in such a way as to translate itself across space, thereby achieving locomotion simply by changing its shape in a specific series are ways. I've seen a computer generated animation of this and it's actually pretty cool. It's said that this is possible in elliptical space because the notion of "center of mass" is ill-defined in such a space.
What does this mean exactly? In what sense is the notion of "center of mass" not rigorously defined in curved space?
What does this mean exactly? In what sense is the notion of "center of mass" not rigorously defined in curved space?