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Equation 13 · Part 12 · The Atlas That Refuses to Close

Numerator: int_Sigma x^mu T^αβu_α dSigma_β

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}.
∫Σxμ Tαβuα dΣβ\int_\Sigma x^\mu\, T^{\alpha\beta}u_\alpha\, d\Sigma_\beta

What this part means

The complete quantity above the fraction bar.

Its job in the formula

intSt_Sigma xmx^mu T^αβu_α dSigma_β occurs above the fraction bar. The numerator is divided by the entire denominator below it.

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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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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