Equation 103 · Part 1 · The Bend an Elevator Cannot Fake
Symbol phi
What this part means
phi is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.
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phi is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.
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The passage around this formula
…surveying, where 1\, = 10^{-9}\, . Under a rotation of the local spatial axes it transforms as an ordinary rank-two tensor; under a change of which node is used as the additive reference for it is unchanged, because it depends only on derivatives of , never its value; and up to the factor 1 negligible at the one-part-in- 10^9 level for any terrestrial network, it is times the frame component {}_{0j0} of the Riemann tensor in the static observers’ own rest…
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Sources cited in the article section
- [11] Apparent Weight of Photons ↗
- [12] Test of Relativistic Gravitation with a Space-Borne Hydrogen Maser ↗
- [8] Atomic Clock Performance Enabling Geodesy Below the Centimetre Level ↗
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