Timeline for In Einstein's General Relativity, do the space-time dimensions curve?
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| May 7, 2017 at 18:27 | comment | added | K7PEH | Consider that each point in 4-D spacetime has its own coordinate system. And, to make use of this coordinate system in terms of multiple points separated by some distance you need to compute how coordinates at one point change to become useful at another point. This is a coordinate transformation and the key idea of working with general relativity. | |
| Apr 30, 2017 at 3:33 | comment | added | girlphysicsmajor | So do the 4 space-time dimensions actually move when they curve? | |
| Apr 30, 2017 at 3:02 | history | answered | mmesser314 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |