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Equation 112 · Part 1 · The Bend an Elevator Cannot Fake

Symbol Phi

Φ/c2\Phi/c^2
Φ\Phi

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…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…

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