Maybe this will clear things up. EE has 10 independent equations, so one needs 10 initial conditions to define the path of a test particle in spacetime. What are they, and what would distinguish a geodesic from a non-geodesic solution? TIA, AG
On Tuesday, August 4, 2020 at 12:29:26 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: > > You can choose coordinates so that a particular geodesic is a coordinate > axis. > > Brent > > On 8/4/2020 3:24 AM, Lawrence Crowell wrote: > > What bothers me about this is that the spatial coordinates generally > > depend on each other, and time. In this situation will the geodesic > > equations yield a solution where the spatial coordinates remain fixed? > AG > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/4cb44035-f96b-4701-a3a0-5ded5c7a443ao%40googlegroups.com.
