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Equation 118 · Part 1 · The Atlas That Refuses to Close

Symbol Sigma

Σ\Sigma
Σ\Sigma

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Sigma 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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the proper spatial separation within Σ\Sigma between the two charts’ answers, normalized by the spin-to-mass length fixed in the first section. δij\delta_{ij} is dimensionless by construction, symmetric, zero exactly when the two charts coincide, and it has now been checked, not merely asserted, in both directions this kind of…

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