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Equation 59 · Part 1 · A Reference Frame Becomes Classical by Publishing Its Orientation

Symbol g

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What this part means

the covariance sends.

Its job in the formula

g is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.

Where the article explains it

Covariance sends g and g^\hat g to hg and hg^\hat g , or to the appropriate left/right action fixed by convention.

The passage around this formula

The central mathematical test is simple to state. Apply a common frame transformation h to the physical description. Covariance sends g and g^\hat g to hg and hg^\hat g , or to the appropriate left/right action fixed by convention. A left-invariant distance satisfies

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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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