In general relativity, a frame field (also called a tetrad or vierbein) is a set of four pointwise-orthonormal vector fields, one timelike and three spacelike...
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is linearly independent. Frame fields in general relativity are four-dimensional frames, or vierbeins, in German. In each of these examples, the collection...
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Reference Frame In fluid mechanics, Lagrangian and Eulerian specification of the flow field Other frames Frame fields in general relativity Moving frame in mathematics...
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respect to the bilinear form gP. Frame (linear algebra) Frame bundle k-frame Moving frame Frame fields in general relativity Lee, John (2013), Introduction...
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Frame-dragging is an effect on spacetime, predicted by Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity, that is due to non-static stationary distributions...
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tensor fields defined on a Lorentzian manifold representing spacetime. This article is a general description of the mathematics of general relativity. Note:...
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The theory of relativity usually encompasses two interrelated physics theories by Albert Einstein: special relativity and general relativity, proposed and...
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fields. Special relativity provides the transformation rules for how an electromagnetic field in one inertial frame appears in another inertial frame...
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General relativity is a theory of gravitation developed by Albert Einstein between 1907 and 1915. The theory of general relativity says that the observed...
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concepts of general relativity can be outlined outside the relativistic domain. In particular, the idea that mass–energy generates curvature in space and...
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Tests of general relativity serve to establish observational evidence for the theory of general relativity. The first three tests, proposed by Albert...
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In classical physics and special relativity, an inertial frame of reference (also called an inertial space or a Galilean reference frame) is a frame of...
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In special relativity, an observer is a frame of reference from which a set of objects or events are being measured. Usually this is an inertial reference...
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Albert Einstein's discovery of the gravitational field equations of general relativity and David Hilbert's almost simultaneous derivation of the theory...
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in the framework of special relativity, the Maxwell equations have the same form in all inertial frames of reference. In the framework of general relativity...
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Cartan–Karlhede algorithm (category Mathematical methods in general relativity)
Vanishing scalar invariant spacetime Computer algebra system Frame fields in general relativity Interactive Geometric Database includes some data derived...
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In the general theory of relativity, the Einstein field equations (EFE; also known as Einstein's equations) relate the geometry of spacetime to the distribution...
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General relativity, also known as the general theory of relativity, and as Einstein's theory of gravity, is the geometric theory of gravitation published...
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modeled in finer detail, using the general principle of relativity, the concept of a frame-dependent gravitational field becomes less realistic. In these...
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frame. This possibility was raised by mathematician Henri Poincaré in 1900, and thereafter became a central idea in the special theory of relativity....
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Rindler coordinates (redirect from Rindler frame)
used in the context of special relativity to describe the hyperbolic acceleration of a uniformly accelerating reference frame in flat spacetime. In relativistic...
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Schwarzschild metric (category Exact solutions in general relativity)
In Einstein's theory of general relativity, the Schwarzschild metric (also known as the Schwarzschild solution) is an exact solution to the Einstein field...
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by general relativity, which describes the dynamics of spacetime, one should not expect it to hold in less fundamental theories. For matter fields taken...
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of a proper frame is essential for the investigation of physical laws within the framework of general relativity. The term comoving frame is also a good...
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(and weight in a gravitational field) of any system containing them. The concept is generalized in mass in general relativity. The term mass in special relativity...
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General relativity does not offer a single definition of the term mass, but offers several different definitions that are applicable under different circumstances...
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Criticism of the theory of relativity of Albert Einstein was mainly expressed in the early years after its publication in the early twentieth century,...
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Linearized gravity (redirect from Weak-field approximation)
In the theory of general relativity, linearized gravity is the application of perturbation theory to the metric tensor that describes the geometry of...
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homogeneous gravitational fields, transcended the limits of special relativity and resulted in the formulation of general relativity. Nearly simultaneously...
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to general relativity are physical theories that attempt to describe the phenomenon of gravitation in competition with Einstein's theory of general relativity...
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