Timeline for Learning GR: How do I know when to evaluate the metric/Christoffel symbol at a point, and when not to?
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| Dec 21, 2018 at 17:22 | history | edited | knzhou | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 5, 2017 at 22:09 | comment | added | Mikkel Rev | In Carroll not clear that if the particle is at point $x^μ_0$, then the only thing relevant is the connection cofficients at the point, $Γ(x=x^μ_0)$. | |
| Mar 5, 2017 at 22:03 | comment | added | Mikkel Rev | Suppose $m$ is not a constant for all time, but it is a function of $t$. Then $F(0) = m a(0)$ would drive you crazy, because you wouldn't know when to evaluate $m$ | |
| Mar 5, 2017 at 21:59 | history | answered | knzhou | CC BY-SA 3.0 |