Redshift/Blueshift of Gravity Waves Around a Black Hole

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The discussion centers on the behavior of gravity waves in the vicinity of a black hole's event horizon. It establishes that gravity waves are distortions in space-time curvature traveling at light speed, and they can be redshifted or blueshifted based on the observer's motion relative to the emitter. Observers above the event horizon will perceive all electromagnetic and gravity waves emitted radially from the event horizon as infinitely redshifted. Additionally, it is confirmed that an observer at the event horizon would see incoming gravity waves as gravitationally blue-shifted, potentially leading to a perception of increased density in space-time.

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First time poster and curious about how the shifting of gravity waves affects the curvature of space-time for observers in the vicinity of a black hole's event horizon. I'm making some assumptions based on my own research on the topic.

Assumptions:
1. Gravity waves are traveling distortions in space-time curvature traveling at the speed of light due to the changing motion of masses rotating about each other.

2. Gravity waves can be redshifted/blueshifted depending on the relative motion of the observer to the emitter and by gravitational field differences between the observer and emitter.

3. To an observer above a black hole's event horizon all EM and gravity waves emitted radially out at the event horizon and within it are infinitely red-shifted to an infinite wavelength.

Questions:
1. Would an observer at a black hole's event horizon see incoming gravity waves gravitationally blue-shifted to such a high frequency that space-time would appear crunched into a tighter density?

2. If gravity waves of high frequency trying to escape an event-horizon are red-shifted to a frequency of zero for an outside observer, is the opposite true that flat space-time would appear blue-shifted to a gravity wave of high frequency for an observer at a black hole's event horizon?

Thanks for any help on this issue you can offer!
 
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Gravitational waves.
Gravity waves are things like water waves.

nottay said:
3. To an observer above a black hole's event horizon all EM and gravity waves emitted radially out at the event horizon and within it are infinitely red-shifted to an infinite wavelength.
You can't hover exactly at the event horizon. If you hover a bit above it and emit radiation then it will get severely red-shifted for observers outside.
nottay said:
1. Would an observer at a black hole's event horizon see incoming gravity waves gravitationally blue-shifted to such a high frequency that space-time would appear crunched into a tighter density?
They will see them blue-shifted, yes.
nottay said:
2. If gravity waves of high frequency trying to escape an event-horizon are red-shifted to a frequency of zero for an outside observer, is the opposite true that flat space-time would appear blue-shifted to a gravity wave of high frequency for an observer at a black hole's event horizon?
I don't understand that question.
 

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