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Equation 108 · Part 2 · The Bend an Elevator Cannot Fake

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Tij≡0\mathcal T_{ij} \equiv 0
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Two known limits anchor it. First, the elevator: Tij\mathcal T_{ij} ≡\equiv 0 for any uniformly accelerated frame, proven directly above — the “uniform potential difference is not curvature” claim, derived rather than asserted. Second, weak-field gravity: expanding ϕ\phi ≈\approx Φ\Phi/c2c^2 for small Φ\Phi/c2c^2 , the quadratic term ϕ,i\phi_{,i}ϕ,j\phi_{,j} is second order in the already-small ratio Φ\Phi/c2c^2 and negligible next to the first-order term ϕ,ij\phi_{,ij} ≈\approx Φ,ij\Phi_{,ij}/c2c^2 , so Tij\mathcal T_{ij} →\to Φ,ij\Phi_{,ij} , exactly the ordinary Newtonian tidal tensor of tower and satellite geodesy [ 15 , 14 ] . The first derivative alone, meanwhile, recovers the textbook gravitational redshift these networks…

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