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Rulers and Protractors Become General Relativity: Difference between revisions

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== Eric's Explanation from Discord ==
== Eric's Explanation from Discord ==
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Rulers and Protractors --> Dervivative
Rulers and Protractors --> Derivative


Derivative --> Rise over run where run is measured above an implied horizontal
Derivative --> Rise over run where run is measured above an implied horizontal


Horizontals form 'Penrose Steps" -->  Degree of Penroseness is measured by the Riemmann Curvature Tensor.
Horizontals form "Penrose Steps" -->  Degree of Penroseness is measured by the Riemmann Curvature Tensor.


Curvature Tensor breaks into 6 Pieces, 3 of which are zero. --> Throw away non-zero Weyl Component and rebalance the other two non-zero components.
Curvature Tensor breaks into 6 Pieces, 3 of which are zero. --> Throw away non-zero Weyl Component and rebalance the other two non-zero components.
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