Equation 40 · The Atlas That Refuses to Close
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Symbol Δ
Δ is part of the quantity the equation computes from the expression on the right.
Symbol x
x is part of the quantity the equation computes from the expression on the right.
Symbol S
S is part of the quantity the equation computes from the expression on the right.
Symbol M
M is an argument of the function-like quantity on the left; its role is set by that function’s stated inputs.
Symbol c
c is an argument of the function-like quantity on the left; its role is set by that function’s stated inputs.
Symbol rho_M
rh is an input to the expression that computes the quantity on the left.
=
The expressions on both sides represent the same quantity under the stated assumptions.
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Capital delta attached to a quantity marks a difference between two values of that quantity; the article’s sign convention determines the order.
subscript
The lower label selects a particular version, component, or indexed member of the quantity. For example, x₀ and xₜ can be values at different positions.
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a shift transverse to both the spin and the relative velocity [ 13 ] . This is an exact identity of special relativity, not an approximation valid only for small v ; it holds all the way to v c , at which point || ||/(Mc) = exactly, since | | ||\,v saturates when the spin is perpendicular to the boost. No boosted observer, however extreme, can push a body’s own centroid further from its rest-frame value than . As u ranges over every inertial observer, traces out a disk of exactly that radius, orthogonal to — the world-tube first identified by Møller and reproduced in modern language…
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a shift transverse to both the spin and the relative velocity [ 13 ] . This is an exact identity of special relativity, not an approximation valid only for small v ; it holds all the way to v c , at which point || ||/(Mc) = exactly, since | | ||\,v saturates when the spin is perpendicular to the boost. No boosted observer, however extreme, can push a body’s own centroid further from its rest-frame value than . As u ranges over every inertial observer, traces out a disk of exactly that radius, orthogonal to — the world-tube first identified by Møller and reproduced in modern language by Costa and Natário’s review of spin supplementary conditions [ 13 ] .
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