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Equation 44 · Part 12 · A Horizon Is a Toll Booth, Not a Loophole

Denominator: sqrtf(r)

Eloc=E∞f(r),so thatEloc dτ=E∞ dt.E_{\rm loc} = \frac{E_\infty}{\sqrt{f(r)}}, \qquad\text{so that}\qquad E_{\rm loc}\,d\tau = E_\infty\,dt.
f(r)\sqrt{f(r)}

What this part means

The complete quantity below the fraction bar; it must be nonzero for this division.

Its job in the formula

sqrtf(r) occurs below the fraction bar. The quantity above the bar is divided by this expression; zero is excluded as a denominator.

The passage around this formula

​ d t , with f(r) = 1-2GM/(rc2c^2) for Schwarzschild. A locally conserved (Killing) energy E∞E_\infty — the energy the same quantity would be assigned by a distant static observer — and the energy measured by the local static observer, ElocE_{\rm loc} , are related by the standard blueshift-on-the-way-down relation Eloc=E∞f(r),so thatEloc dτ=E∞ dtE_{\rm loc} = \frac{E_\infty}{\sqrt{f(r)}}, \qquad\text{so that}\qquad E_{\rm loc}\,d\tau = E_\infty\,dt. That second identity is the entire resolution in miniature, and it is worth deriving N⊥N_\perp[Γ\Gamma] both ways to see it operate. Hold the local energy budget fixed at ElocE_{\rm loc}=E0E_0' (a battery physically at the processor, delivering a fixed amount of locally measured energy) over a proper interval Δ\Deltaτ\tau :

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A fraction a/b means a divided by b. The top number is the numerator; the bottom number is the denominator, and it cannot be zero.

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