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fossilesque@mander.xyz to Physics@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year ago

A method to straighten curved space-time

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A method to straighten curved space-time

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fossilesque@mander.xyz to Physics@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year ago
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One of the greatest challenges of modern physics is to find a coherent method for describing phenomena, on the cosmic and microscale. For over a hundred years, to describe reality on a cosmic scale we have been using general relativity theory, which has successfully undergone repeated attempts at falsification.
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    Can I get an ELI5, please? I understand all of those words, but not the concepts behind them in this context…

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      The definition of a right angle depends on the number of dimensions. Perpendicularity and parallelism are different in higher dimensions. Space is hard.

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      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curvature#Space

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manifold

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimension

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curvature#Flat_space

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