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y2=ϕ(h)−ϕ(0)y_2 = \phi(h)-\phi(0)

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An exact analytic evaluation, not a simulation, fixes the scale this actually requires. Take three clocks stacked vertically at heights -h , 0 , and +h near Earth’s surface, giving two edges y1y_1 = ϕ(0)\phi(0)-ϕ(−h)\phi(-h) and y2y_2 = ϕ(h)\phi(h)-ϕ(0)\phi(0) . Their difference is an exact finite-difference identity up to a Taylor remainder of order h4h^4 :

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y2=ϕ(h)−ϕ(0)y_2 = \phi(h)-\phi(0)

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This equation states an equality: the expressions on both sides have the same value under the article’s assumptions.

An exact analytic evaluation, not a simulation, fixes the scale this actually requires. Take three clocks stacked vertically at heights -h , 0 , and +h near Earth’s surface, giving two edges y1y_1 = ϕ(0)\phi(0)-ϕ(−h)\phi(-h) and y2y_2 = ϕ(h)\phi(h)-ϕ(0)\phi(0) . Their difference is an exact finite-difference identity up to a Taylor remainder of order h4h^4 :

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