In physics, spacetime, also called the space-time continuum, is a mathematical model that fuses the three dimensions of space and the one dimension of...
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Wormhole (redirect from Spacetime shortcut)
connects disparate points in spacetime. It may be visualized as a tunnel with two ends at separate points in spacetime (i.e., different locations, different...
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Quantum foam (redirect from Spacetime foam)
Quantum foam (or spacetime foam, or spacetime bubble) is a theoretical quantum fluctuation of spacetime on very small scales due to quantum mechanics....
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A spacetime diagram is a graphical illustration of locations in space at various times, especially in the special theory of relativity. Spacetime diagrams...
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Minkowski space (redirect from Minkowski spacetime)
physics, Minkowski space (or Minkowski spacetime) (/mɪŋˈkɔːfski, -ˈkɒf-/) is the main mathematical description of spacetime in the absence of gravitation. It...
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Special relativity (redirect from Relativistic spacetime)
Hermann Minkowski's papers on spacetime. The theory is "special" in that it only applies in the special case where the spacetime is "flat", that is, where...
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Gravitational singularity (redirect from Spacetime singularity)
singularity, spacetime singularity or simply singularity is a theoretical condition in which gravity is predicted to be so intense that spacetime itself would...
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Quantum gravity (redirect from Spacetime background)
gravity as curvature of spacetime: in the slogan of John Archibald Wheeler, "Spacetime tells matter how to move; matter tells spacetime how to curve." On the...
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related the local spacetime curvature (expressed by the Einstein tensor) with the local energy, momentum and stress within that spacetime (expressed by the...
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property of space and time, or four-dimensional spacetime. In particular, the curvature of spacetime is directly related to the energy and momentum of...
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relativity, a spacetime is said to be static if it does not change over time and is also irrotational. It is a special case of a stationary spacetime, which...
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Spacetime topology is the topological structure of spacetime, a topic studied primarily in general relativity. This physical theory models gravitation...
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Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey is a 2014 American science documentary television series. The show is a follow-up to the 1980 television series Cosmos: A...
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In physics, curved spacetime is the mathematical model in which, with Einstein's theory of general relativity, gravity naturally arises, as opposed to...
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mathematical physics, the concept of quantum spacetime is a generalization of the usual concept of spacetime in which some variables that ordinarily commute...
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Look up spacetime in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Spacetime is a mathematical model in mathematics and physics. Spacetime, space-time, space time...
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M-theory (redirect from 11-dimensional spacetime)
consequence of the geometry of spacetime. In spite of the fact that the universe is well described by four-dimensional spacetime, there are several reasons...
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Spacetime symmetries are features of spacetime that can be described as exhibiting some form of symmetry. The role of symmetry in physics is important...
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field theory in curved spacetime (QFTCS) is an extension of quantum field theory from Minkowski spacetime to a general curved spacetime. This theory uses a...
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A black hole is a region of spacetime wherein gravity is so strong that no matter or electromagnetic energy (e.g. light) can escape it. Albert Einstein's...
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Metric tensor (general relativity) (redirect from Spacetime metric)
study. The metric captures all the geometric and causal structure of spacetime, being used to define notions such as time, distance, volume, curvature...
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1915, which describes gravity not as a force, but as the curvature of spacetime, caused by the uneven distribution of mass, and causing masses to move...
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Anti-de Sitter space (redirect from Anti-de Sitter spacetime)
considers the geometry of a unified spacetime instead of considering space and time separately. The cases of spacetime of constant curvature are de Sitter...
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equations, a spacetime is said to be stationary if it admits a Killing vector that is asymptotically timelike. In a stationary spacetime, the metric tensor...
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primarily by Isaac Newton. It introduced concepts including 4-dimensional spacetime as a unified entity of space and time, relativity of simultaneity, kinematic...
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Jonah Sharp (redirect from Spacetime Continuum)
Jonah Sharp (alias Spacetime Continuum) is a producer, remixer, and DJ of electronic music. Sharp was born in Edinburgh. After starting his musical career...
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Time travel (section Different spacetime geometries)
it, such as a rotating black hole. Traveling to an arbitrary point in spacetime has very limited support in theoretical physics, and is usually connected...
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Lemaître–Tolman spacetime pp-wave spacetime Alcubierre spacetime Einstein static universe spacetime Ellis wormhole spacetime Gödel spacetime Taub–NUT spacetime Kasner...
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different points in spacetime through a conformal treatment of infinity. It is an extension (suitable for the curved spacetimes of e.g. general relativity)...
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SpaceTime is a role-playing game published by Blacksburg Tactical Research Center in 1988. SpaceTime is a cyberpunk system, fully compatible with Timelords...
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