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Equation 65 · Part 5 · The Bit Comes Back Before the Bearing

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S=A/4ℓP2S = A/4\ell_P^2
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The lower label selects a particular version, component, or indexed member of the quantity. For example, x₀ and xₜ can be values at different positions.

Its job in the formula

A subscript distinguishes a version, component, step, or member of a quantity. It does not automatically mean multiplication.

The passage around this formula

where the second equality for a Schwarzschild hole follows directly from Hawking’s temperature formula [ 7 ] and S = A/4ℓP2\ell_P^2 is the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy [ 6 ] . For a solar-mass hole, β\beta ≈\approx 1.24×\times10^{-4}\,s\mathrm s and ln⁡\ln S ≈\approx 177 , giving t∗t_* ≈\approx 3.5\,ms\mathrm{ms} — an exact evaluation of the stated formulas, illustrative of the scrambling scale and not a claim about any particular measured hole.

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A subscript is a label attached below a symbol. It often selects a time step, component, category, or member of a sequence.

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