Equation 48 · A Horizon Is a Toll Booth, Not a Loophole
What does this equation mean?
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This equation states an equality: the expressions on both sides have the same value under the article’s assumptions. Read the equation part by part below; each part has a contextual explanation and a link to its mathematical background.
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Symbol N_perp
erp is part of the quantity the equation computes from the expression on the right.
Symbol pi
pi occurs below the fraction bar. The quantity above the bar is divided by this expression; zero is excluded as a denominator.
Symbol E_0
is an input to the expression that computes the quantity on the left.
Symbol Δτ
Δτ is an input to the expression that computes the quantity on the left.
=
The expressions on both sides represent the same quantity under the stated assumptions.
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Capital delta attached to a quantity marks a difference between two values of that quantity; the article’s sign convention determines the order.
subscript
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.
Denominator: pihbar
The complete quantity below the fraction bar; it must be nonzero for this division.
How to interpret it
With a fixed numerator, increasing a nonzero denominator reduces the fraction. Read it with the definitions, units, and assumptions supplied by the article.
What the article says around this equation
That second identity is the entire resolution in miniature, and it is worth deriving [] both ways to see it operate. Hold the local energy budget fixed at =' (a battery physically at the processor, delivering a fixed amount of locally measured energy) over a proper interval : . Now hold the asymptotic Killing energy fixed instead, at = \,' (the amount of energy it would cost a distant experimenter, at infinity, to deliver that same physical resource down to radius r ), and integrate over the corresponding coordinate interval t = / :
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