Equation 136 · Part 3 · The Bend an Elevator Cannot Fake

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\sigma_y = 1\times10^{-18}

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What this part means

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.

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The passage around this formula

Take each edge’s fractional-frequency comparison uncertainty to be $\sigma_y$ = 1 $\times$ 10^{-18} , the stability optical clocks have already demonstrated is what centimetre-level geodesy requires [ 8 ] . The combined noise on the independent-edge difference $y_2$ - $y_1$ is $\sqrt2$ \, $\sigma_y$ . Setting signal equal to noise, $\phi_{,zz}$ \, $h^2$ = $\sqrt2$ \, $\sigma_y$ , gives

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Learn the underlying idea

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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Sources cited in the surrounding passage

[8] Atomic Clock Performance Enabling Geodesy Below the Centimetre Level ↗

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