Double-or-Triple-0.mp4
Double-or-Triple-I.mp3
Double-or-Triple-I.mp4
Double-or-Triple-intro.mp3
Are you talking two bars
… or three
(Double or triple)
Is it yours or ours
… tell me
(After all) Free-fall…
motion
(in a gravitational field)
Is indistinguishable
(from acceleration in empty space)
Are you talking two bars
… or three
(Double or triple)
Is it yours or ours
… tell me
As we flow
(Through spacetime)
Get to know
(Lyrical rhymes)
Two spacetimes
(are conformally equivalent)
Still relevant…
(Angles are preserved)
… but distances may change
(Do you find it… a bit strange)
Are you talking two bars
… or three
(Double or triple)
Is it yours or ours
… tell me
As we flow
(Through spacetime)
Get to know
As we flow
(Through spacetime)
Get to know
≡ (Triple bar) → Used in logic and mathematics to denote strict equivalence, such as identity relations and logical equivalence.
= (Double bar) → Used in mathematics to denote equality, meaning two expressions have the same value.
In spacetime, equivalence and equality can have different meanings depending on the context:
Equivalence in Spacetime
Equivalence Principle (General Relativity) → The key idea that gravitational and inertial mass are equivalent, meaning that free-fall motion in a gravitational field is indistinguishable from acceleration in empty space.Metric Equivalence → Two spacetime metrics are considered equivalent if they can be transformed into each other through coordinate transformations (diffeomorphisms).Conformal Equivalence → Two spacetimes are conformally equivalent if their metrics differ by a scaling factor (a conformal transformation), meaning angles are preserved but distances may change.Equality in Spacetime
Equality of Events → Two events in spacetime are equal if they have the same coordinates in a given reference frame.Equality of Metrics → Two spacetimes are equal if their metric tensors are identical at all points (not just conformally related).Einstein Field Equations → Express equality between the Einstein tensor (which describes spacetime curvature) and the stress-energy tensor (which describes matter and energy).From the album “Equals“