Equation 72 · Part 1 · The Bend an Elevator Cannot Fake

Symbol Z

Z

Z

What this part means

the height.

Its job in the formula

Z 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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Where the article explains it

A clock held static at height Z has d $\tau$ = U(Z)\,dt exactly, so two such clocks compare frequencies as $\nu_2$ / $\nu_1$ = U( $Z_1$ )/U( $Z_2$ ) to all orders — the same exact redshift formula an accelerating rocket produces for light climbing or falling inside it.

The passage around this formula

This is an exact solution describing flat Minkowski spacetime in non-inertial coordinates, not a weak-field approximation. A clock held static at height Z has d $\tau$ = U(Z)\,dt exactly, so two such clocks compare frequencies as $\nu_2$ / $\nu_1$ = U( $Z_1$ )/U( $Z_2$ ) to all orders — the same exact redshift formula an accelerating rocket produces for light climbing or falling inside it. The node potential is $\phi(Z)$ = $\ln$ U(Z) = $\ln(1 + gZ/c^2)$ , and its first…

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A variable is a named place for a value. Its letter is a local label: x can mean position in one formula and a data point in another.

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Sources cited in the article section

[14] General Relativity ↗

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