Equation 13 · The Atlas That Refuses to Close
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Symbol u
u is an argument of the function-like quantity on the left; its role is set by that function’s stated inputs.
Symbol Sigma
a spacelike hypersurface and the four-velocity of the observer whose notion of simultaneity represents.
Symbol u_α
u_α is an input to the expression that computes the quantity on the left.
Symbol d
d is an input to the expression that computes the quantity on the left.
Symbol Sigma_β
a spacelike hypersurface and the four-velocity of the observer whose notion of simultaneity represents with subscript beta (a directed three-volume element on , units of volume).
=
The expressions on both sides represent the same quantity under the stated assumptions.
See an illustrated explanation →superscript
A raised number can be a power. When it is a label or bound, it selects a case or the upper limit of a sum; the formula’s structure distinguishes these uses.
See an illustrated explanation →Numerator: int_Sigma x^mu T^αβu_α dSigma_β
The complete quantity above the fraction bar.
See an illustrated explanation →Denominator: int_Sigma T^αβu_α dSigma_β
The complete quantity below the fraction bar; it must be nonzero for this division.
See an illustrated explanation →Starting index or lower bound: Sigma
This label says where the repeated addition, multiplication, or accumulation starts. Read its value or condition together with the article’s description of the index.
Starting index or lower bound: Sigma
This label says where the repeated addition, multiplication, or accumulation starts. Read its value or condition together with the article’s description of the index.
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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
Naming the slice is the first entry in this atlas’s notation. Let be a spacelike hypersurface and the four-velocity of the observer whose notion of simultaneity represents, with taken orthogonal to u . Replace the discrete sum with the body’s stress-energy tensor and define the energy centroid . Every quantity here has a declared type. is an energy-momentum density, units of energy per volume; d is a directed three-volume element on , units of volume; is dimensionless once normalized to = -1 ; is a spacetime coordinate, units of length. The factor…
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Naming the slice is the first entry in this atlas’s notation. Let be a spacelike hypersurface and the four-velocity of the observer whose notion of simultaneity represents, with taken orthogonal to u . Replace the discrete sum with the body’s stress-energy tensor and define the energy centroid . Every quantity here has a declared type. is an energy-momentum density, units of energy per volume; d is a directed three-volume element on , units of volume; is dimensionless once normalized to = -1 ; is a spacetime coordinate, units of length. The factor \, d appears in numerator and denominator identically and cancels completely, leaving with units of length — a genuine spacetime point, not a bookkeeping artefact. That is the atlas’s first check, a unit audit passed by construction rather than coincidence, because the same weighting sits on both sides of the ratio.
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