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time coordinates with a beginning at the hypersurface. In terms of metric-tensor components g i k {\displaystyle g_{ik}} , a synchronous frame is definedFormation matrix (272 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
{\displaystyle g^{ij}} following the notation of the (contravariant) metric tensor in differential geometry. The Fisher information metric is denoted byNon-relativistic gravitational fields (1,571 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
relativistic gravity, the gravitational field is described by the 10-component metric tensor. However, in Newtonian gravity, which is a limit of GR, the gravitationalPerfect fluid (932 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
{\displaystyle \eta _{\mu \nu }=\operatorname {diag} (-1,1,1,1)} is the metric tensor of Minkowski spacetime. The case where p=0 describes a dust solutionStationary spacetime (1,033 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
vector that is asymptotically timelike. In a stationary spacetime, the metric tensor components, g μ ν {\displaystyle g_{\mu \nu }} , may be chosen so thatKaluza–Klein metric (671 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
five-dimensional Kaluza–Klein metric is the generalization of the four-dimensional metric tensor. It additionally includes a scalar field called graviscalar (or radion)Einstein–Cartan theory (3,432 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
action of spacetime and then varying that action with respect to the metric tensor. The field equations of Einstein–Cartan theory come from exactly theMonochromatic electromagnetic plane wave (3,519 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
phenomenon that this solution model, but in terms of general relativity. The metric tensor of the unique exact solution modeling a linearly polarized electromagneticFractional coordinates (4,499 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
pmatrix}r_{x_{1}}\\r_{x_{2}}\\\vdots \\r_{x_{d}}\end{pmatrix}}} The metric tensor G {\displaystyle \mathbf {G} } is sometimes used for calculations involvingAxiomatic quantum field theory (410 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
\;{\sqrt {-1\,}}\;} change the sign of the time-time components of the metric tensor.) The resulting functions are called Schwinger functions. For the SchwingerHarmonic coordinate condition (1,367 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Consider the covariant derivative of the density of the reciprocal of the metric tensor: 0 = ( g μ ν − g ) ; ρ = ( g μ ν − g ) , ρ + g σ ν Γ σ ρ μ − g + g μGibbons–Hawking–York boundary term (6,587 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
gravitational Lagrangian density, contains second derivatives of the metric tensor. This is a non-typical feature of field theories, which are usuallyGF method (2,025 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
{s} ){\dot {S}}_{s}{\dot {S}}_{t},} where gst is an element of the metric tensor of the internal (curvilinear) coordinates. The dots indicate time derivativesGF method (2,025 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
{s} ){\dot {S}}_{s}{\dot {S}}_{t},} where gst is an element of the metric tensor of the internal (curvilinear) coordinates. The dots indicate time derivativesVertical and horizontal bundles (1,528 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
connection without making any explicit reference to any metric tensor (although the metric tensor can be understood to be a special case of a solder formRigid rotor (6,099 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
{\gamma }}\\\end{pmatrix}},} where g {\displaystyle \mathbf {g} } is the metric tensor expressed in Euler angles—a non-orthogonal system of curvilinear coordinates—Conformal symmetry (1,120 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
vanish. Here η μ ν {\displaystyle \eta _{\mu \nu }} is the Minkowski metric tensor. Additionally, D {\displaystyle D} is a scalar and K μ {\displaystylePseudometric space (1,274 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
signature – Number of positive, negative and zero eigenvalues of a metric tensor Metric space – Mathematical space with a notion of distance MetrizableScalar theories of gravitation (1,407 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
second theory are conformally flat Lorentzian spacetimes. That is, the metric tensor can be written as g μ ν = A η μ ν {\displaystyle g_{\mu \nu }=A\etaHarmonic coordinates (2,616 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
y−1 on an open subset of Euclidean space. The metric tensor relative to x is obtained from the metric tensor relative to y by a local calculation havingAlgebraic holography (553 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
stress tensor of the boundary theory is the boundary value of the bulk metric tensor. In Rehren Duality, the bulk theory is an 'ordinary' (non-gravitational)Duncan Haldane (1,188 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
"composite boson", described by a "unimodular" (determinant 1) spatial metric-tensor field as the fundamental collective degree of freedom of FractionalScalar–tensor–vector gravity (1,688 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
gravitational constant, g {\displaystyle g} is the determinant of the metric tensor g α β {\displaystyle g_{\alpha \beta }} , while Λ {\displaystyle \LambdaMolecular Hamiltonian (5,204 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
kinetic energy. In general, the classical kinetic energy T defines the metric tensor g = (gij) associated with the curvilinear coordinates s = (si) throughVan Stockum dust (2,067 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
\;\sigma ^{2}={\frac {1}{f(r)}}\,dr,\;\sigma ^{3}=rd\varphi } gives the metric tensor in terms of the same two undetermined functions: g = − σ 0 ⊗ σ 0 + σTensor–vector–scalar gravity (1,974 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the Ricci scalar and g {\displaystyle g} is the determinant of the metric tensor. The scalar field Lagrangian is L s = − 1 2 [ σ 2 h α β ∂ α ϕ ∂ β ϕAsymptotically flat spacetime (1,497 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Cartesian chart on Minkowski spacetime, in the following sense. Write the metric tensor as the sum of a (physically unobservable) Minkowski background plusSpin angular momentum of light (1,659 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
} {\displaystyle g^{\mu \nu }={\rm {{diag}\{1,-1,-1,-1\}}}} is the metric tensor of the Minkowski space. Then, one can verify that both S {\displaystylePhilippe G. Ciarlet (1,895 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
"intrinsic" methods in linearized elasticity, where the linearized metric tensor and the linearized tensor of curvature change are the new, and onlyOn shell renormalization scheme (1,635 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
self energy is noted Π ( q 2 ) {\displaystyle \Pi (q^{2})} and the metric tensor η μ ν {\displaystyle \eta ^{\mu \nu }} (here taking the +--- convention)Spherically symmetric spacetime (1,784 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
a vierbein, and, in particular, an orthonormal tetrad. That is, the metric tensor can be written as a pullback of the Minkowski metric η i j {\displaystyleBKL singularity (20,986 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
since, as shown in the BKL analysis itself, space-like gradients of the metric tensor cannot be neglected for generic solutions of pure Einstein gravity inVariable speed of light (2,600 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
distance measurements; (2) must provide an alternative expression for the metric tensor in general relativity; (3) might contradict Lorentz invariance; (4)Spin connection (2,944 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
a set of orthonormal space time vector fields that diagonalize the metric tensor g μ ν = e μ a e ν b η a b , {\displaystyle g_{\mu \nu }=e_{\mu }^{\;\Newton's law of universal gravitation (3,839 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
gravitation Jordan and Einstein frames – different conventions for the metric tensor, in a theory of a dilaton coupled to gravityPages displaying wikidataHole argument (2,539 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
not tied down to a special coordinate system. This description is a metric tensor at every point, or a connection which defines which nearby vectors areTensor software (2,065 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
connection and the basic tensors of General Relativity from a given metric tensor. Atlas 2 for Mathematica is a powerful Mathematica toolbox which allowsGinzburg–Landau theory (4,193 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
{\displaystyle M} with determinant | g | {\displaystyle |g|} of the metric tensor g {\displaystyle g} . The D = d + A {\displaystyle D=d+A} is the connectionTrace (linear algebra) (5,564 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
abstract setting of category theory. Trace of a tensor with respect to a metric tensor Characteristic function Field trace Golden–Thompson inequality SingularDivergence theorem (7,532 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
C^{2}} compact manifold with boundary with C 1 {\displaystyle C^{1}} metric tensor g {\displaystyle g} . Let Ω {\displaystyle \Omega } denote the manifoldLorentz force (8,525 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
{\displaystyle m} and charge e {\displaystyle e} , moving in a space with metric tensor g a b {\displaystyle g_{ab}} and electromagnetic field F a b {\displaystyleGravitational redshift (6,013 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
a nearly static gravitational field, only the time component of the metric tensor is important, and the lowest order approximation is accurate enoughFisher information (7,377 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
phase transitions, e.g., the scalar curvature of the thermodynamic metric tensor diverges at (and only at) a phase transition point. In the thermodynamicPauli matrices (7,495 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
-{\vec {\sigma }}).} and allow raising and lowering using the Minkowski metric tensor. The relation can then be written x ν = 1 2 tr ( σ ¯ ν ( x μ σ μ )Hyperbolic geometry (6,970 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
derived from the formulas about hyperbolic triangles. The corresponding metric tensor field is: ( d s ) 2 = cosh 2 y ( d x ) 2 + ( d y ) 2 {\displaystyleCarter constant (2,666 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
where g μ ν {\displaystyle g^{\mu \nu }} are the components of the metric tensor and l μ {\displaystyle l^{\mu }} and n ν {\displaystyle n^{\nu }} areGreek letters used in mathematics, science, and engineering (6,018 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
function energy conversion efficiency efficiency (physics) the Minkowski metric tensor in relativity η-conversion in lambda calculus the learning rate in machineFubini–Study metric (5,296 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the vierbein coordinate system, using roman-letter subscripts, the metric tensor is Euclidean: d s 2 = δ a b e a ⊗ e b = e 0 ⊗ e 0 + e 1 ⊗ e 1 + e 2Models of neural computation (3,349 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
Approach to the Geometry of Brain Function: Cerebellar Coordination Via A Metric Tensor" (PDF). Neuroscience. 5 (7): 1125––1136. doi:10.1016/0306-4522(80)90191-8Universe (15,973 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
solution of the field equations that describes the universe is the metric tensor called the Friedmann–Lemaître–Robertson–Walker metric, d s 2 = − c 2Cerebellum (11,663 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
representation in the brain. The cerebellum as a predictive space-time metric tensor". Neuroscience. 7 (12): 2949–70. doi:10.1016/0306-4522(82)90224-X. PMID 7162624Proper acceleration (4,444 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
above proper acceleration 4-vector, to be found with the help of the metric tensor gij, is α = 1 / ( 1 − r s / r ) G M / r 2 {\textstyle \alpha ={\sqrtJoos–Weinberg equation (2,217 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Joos–Weinberg fields preferably couple to symmetric tensors, such as the metric tensor in gravity. Source: The ( 3 2 , 0 ) ⊕ ( 0 , 3 2 ) {\displaystyle \left({\tfracFoldy–Wouthuysen transformation (3,101 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
mass—fermion or otherwise—given by m2 = pσpσ, and employs a Minkowski metric tensor for which diag(η) = (+1, −1, −1, −1), it should be apparent that theMassive gravity (8,981 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
{\displaystyle f_{\mu \nu }} . The reference metric transforms like a metric tensor under diffeomorphism f μ ν → f μ ν ′ ( X ( x ) ) ≡ f α β ∂ μ XSymmetry in quantum mechanics (7,915 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
\sigma }+\eta _{\nu \sigma }M_{\mu \rho }\,} where η is the Minkowski metric tensor. (It is common to drop any hats for the four-momentum operators in theUniversal enveloping algebra (8,954 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
respectively, one can then contract upper and lower indices (with the metric tensor) to obtain more interesting structures. For the quadratic Casimir invariantGlossary of artificial intelligence (29,481 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
Approach To The Geometry Of Brain Function: Cerebellar Coordination Via A Metric Tensor" (PDF). Neuroscience. 5 (7): 1125––1136. doi:10.1016/0306-4522(80)90191-8Higher-spin theory (5,905 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
symmetries generalise the action of the linearised diffeomorphisms from the metric tensor to higher-spin fields. In the context of gravity one may also be interestedPolarization (cosmology) (3,091 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
(STF) polarization tensor P. In spherical polar coordinates (θ, ɸ), the metric tensor g and polarization tensor are: This matrix is symmetric and trace-free