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Equation 13 · Part 10 · The Atlas That Refuses to Close

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Xμ(u,Σ)=∫Σxμ Tαβuα dΣβ∫ΣTαβuα dΣβ.X^\mu(u,\Sigma) = \frac{\int_\Sigma x^\mu\, T^{\alpha\beta}u_\alpha\, d\Sigma_\beta}{\int_\Sigma T^{\alpha\beta}u_\alpha\, d\Sigma_\beta}.
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What this part means

Divide the expression above the line by the one below it.

Its job in the formula

The expression above the fraction bar is divided by the complete expression below it. The denominator must not be zero.

The passage around this formula

Naming the slice is the first entry in this atlas’s notation. Let Σ\Sigma be a spacelike hypersurface and uμu^\mu the four-velocity of the observer whose notion of simultaneity Σ\Sigma represents, with Σ\Sigma taken orthogonal to u . Replace the discrete sum with the body’s stress-energy tensor TαβT^{\alpha\beta} and define the energy centroid Xμ(u,Σ)=∫Σxμ Tαβuα dΣβ∫ΣTαβuα dΣβX^\mu(u,\Sigma) = \frac{\int_\Sigma x^\mu\, T^{\alpha\beta}u_\alpha\, d\Sigma_\beta}{\int_\Sigma T^{\alpha\beta}u_\alpha\, d\Sigma_\beta}. Every quantity here has a declared type. TαβT^{\alpha\beta} is an energy-momentum density, units of energy per volume; dΣβ\Sigma_\beta is a directed three-volume element on Σ\Sigma , units of volume; uαu_\alpha is dimensionless once normalized to uμu^\mu uμu_\mu = -1 ; xμx^\mu is a spacetime coordinate, units of length. The factor…

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Learn the underlying idea

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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