Does this equation (Einstein’s field equations in general relativity) equal 12?

[BadgerBadger92]

This is a weird post but I posted on Facebook Einstein’s field equations in general relativity and I thought there could be numerous answers to this equation but some girl responded the answer was 12. Am I right in that there are numerous possible solutions or does it truly equal 12? Or is there something relating to this that does equal 12?

 

[kuruman]

This is a weird post but I posted on Facebook Einstein’s field equations in general relativity and I thought there could be numerous answers to this equation but some girl responded the answer was 12. Am I right in that there are numerous possible solutions or does it truly equal 12? Or is there something relating to this that does equal 12?

The girl got it wrong. Actually, the answer is 42. See https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/42_(answer)

 

[berkeman]

Does what equal 12? R? g? Something else?

 

[BadgerBadger92]

Does what equal 12? R? g? Something else?

The entire equation itself. I thought there was something fishy with her answer

 

[BadgerBadger92]

The girl got it wrong. Actually, the answer is 42. See https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/42_(answer)

lol! I’ve never seen “Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy!”

 

[Ibix]

The $\mu$ and $\nu$ are indices that each take four different values - so that is a compact way of writing sixteen (4×4) equations. The number 12 is not sixteen values, so cannot be equal to the equations.

Somebody is pulling your leg.

 

[BadgerBadger92]

I thought so. She claimed to have a higher IQ than Einstein which I doubted after seeing her “answer.”

 

[kuruman]

I thought so. She claimed to have a higher IQ than Einstein which I doubted after seeing her “answer.”

"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe."

—(Quote attributed to Albert Einstein)

 

[martinbn]

lol! I’ve never seen “Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy!”

You mean you have never read it, right?

 

[kuruman]

You mean you have never read it, right?

There was a movie too but the book is better in my opinion.

 

[martinbn]

There was a movie too but the book is better in my opinion.

Yes, I have seen ii, but it seems that he thinks that there is only a movie.

 

[Ibix]

Yes, I have seen ii, but it seems that he thinks that there is only a movie.

Or the TV series.

 

[BadgerBadger92]

You mean you have never read it, right?

I thought it was a movie too

 

[Ibix]

I thought it was a movie too

It was a radio series originally, then a book series, then a TV series, and many years later a movie.