Equation 80 · Part 1 · The Bend an Elevator Cannot Fake

Symbol Gamma^0_0i

\Gamma^0_{0i} = \partial_i \ln U = \phi_{,i}

\Gamma^0_{0i}

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Gamm $a^0_0$ i is part of the quantity the equation computes from the expression on the right.

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Gamm $a^0_0$ i is part of the quantity the equation computes from the expression on the right.

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…built from it. For any static metric of the form d $s^2$ = -U( $\mathbf x$ )^2\,d $x_0^2$ + $\delta_{ij}$ \,d $x^i$ d $x^j$ — flat spatial slices, all the position dependence carried by U — the only nonzero Christoffel symbols are $\Gamma^0_{0i}$ = $\partial_i$ $\ln$ U = $\phi_{,i}$ and $\Gamma^i_{00}$ = $U^2$ $\phi_{,i}$ , both following directly from the metric’s definition. Substituting into the Riemann tensor’s defining combination for the mixed component $R^i$ {}_{0j0} , every term built from purely spatial Christoffels vanishes because…

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[14] General Relativity ↗

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