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It’s About Time:Teaching Correct Intuition For General Relativity
American Association of Physics Teachers: 2018 Winter Meeting
Jonathan Matthew Clark
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Jonathan Matthew Clark The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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Pedagogy for general relativity Time’s role in gravitation Curvature Bibliography Appendix
Presentation Outline
1 Pedagogy for general relativity
2 Time’s role in gravitation
3 Curvature
4 Bibliography
5 Appendix
Jonathan Matthew Clark The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
It’s About Time: Teaching Correct Intuition For General Relativity
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Pedagogy for general relativity Time’s role in gravitation Curvature Bibliography Appendix
Common analogies
Some common analogies used when teaching general relativity include:
“Gravity comes from warps in space.”
“The earth curves space like a bowling ball on a trampoline.”
While sometimes useful, they can carry incorrect connotations.
Jonathan Matthew Clark The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
It’s About Time: Teaching Correct Intuition For General Relativity
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Pedagogy for general relativity Time’s role in gravitation Curvature Bibliography Appendix
Common analogies
Some common analogies used when teaching general relativity include:
“Gravity comes from warps in space.”
“The earth curves space like a bowling ball on a trampoline.”
While sometimes useful, they can carry incorrect connotations.
Jonathan Matthew Clark The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
It’s About Time: Teaching Correct Intuition For General Relativity
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Pedagogy for general relativity Time’s role in gravitation Curvature Bibliography Appendix
Common analogies
Some common analogies used when teaching general relativity include:
“Gravity comes from warps in space.”
“The earth curves space like a bowling ball on a trampoline.”
While sometimes useful, they can carry incorrect connotations.
Jonathan Matthew Clark The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
It’s About Time: Teaching Correct Intuition For General Relativity
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Pedagogy for general relativity Time’s role in gravitation Curvature Bibliography Appendix
Common analogies
Some common analogies used when teaching general relativity include:
“Gravity comes from warps in space.”
“The earth curves space like a bowling ball on a trampoline.”
While sometimes useful, they can carry incorrect connotations.
Jonathan Matthew Clark The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
It’s About Time: Teaching Correct Intuition For General Relativity
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Pedagogy for general relativity Time’s role in gravitation Curvature Bibliography Appendix
Common analogies
Some common analogies used when teaching general relativity include:
“Gravity comes from warps in space.”
“The earth curves space like a bowling ball on a trampoline.”
While sometimes useful, they can carry incorrect connotations.
Jonathan Matthew Clark The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
It’s About Time: Teaching Correct Intuition For General Relativity
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Pedagogy for general relativity Time’s role in gravitation Curvature Bibliography Appendix
Conceptual framework
Albert Einstein realized that free-fall is inertial motion.
This means gravitational forces are the result of changing coordinates.
An accurate analogy for gravitation is the fake centrifugal force outwardyou feel when you jump on a fast roundabout, or when you turn yoursteering wheel hard and bump into your car window.
Jonathan Matthew Clark The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
It’s About Time: Teaching Correct Intuition For General Relativity
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Pedagogy for general relativity Time’s role in gravitation Curvature Bibliography Appendix
Conceptual framework
Albert Einstein realized that free-fall is inertial motion.
This means gravitational forces are the result of changing coordinates.
An accurate analogy for gravitation is the fake centrifugal force outwardyou feel when you jump on a fast roundabout, or when you turn yoursteering wheel hard and bump into your car window.
Jonathan Matthew Clark The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
It’s About Time: Teaching Correct Intuition For General Relativity
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Pedagogy for general relativity Time’s role in gravitation Curvature Bibliography Appendix
Conceptual framework
Albert Einstein realized that free-fall is inertial motion.
This means gravitational forces are the result of changing coordinates.
An accurate analogy for gravitation is the fake centrifugal force outwardyou feel when you jump on a fast roundabout, or when you turn yoursteering wheel hard and bump into your car window.
Jonathan Matthew Clark The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
It’s About Time: Teaching Correct Intuition For General Relativity
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Pedagogy for general relativity Time’s role in gravitation Curvature Bibliography Appendix
Conceptual framework
Albert Einstein realized that free-fall is inertial motion.
This means gravitational forces are the result of changing coordinates.
An accurate analogy for gravitation is the fake centrifugal force outwardyou feel when you jump on a fast roundabout, or when you turn yoursteering wheel hard and bump into your car window.
Jonathan Matthew Clark The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
It’s About Time: Teaching Correct Intuition For General Relativity
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Pedagogy for general relativity Time’s role in gravitation Curvature Bibliography Appendix
Presentation Outline
1 Pedagogy for general relativity
2 Time’s role in gravitation
3 Curvature
4 Bibliography
5 Appendix
Jonathan Matthew Clark The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
It’s About Time: Teaching Correct Intuition For General Relativity
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Pedagogy for general relativity Time’s role in gravitation Curvature Bibliography Appendix
Principle of correspondence
Students might wonder how general relativity models simple situationsthat they are familiar with.
The simplest non-trivial situation we could consider is our life of slowvelocities and weak gravitational fields on earth.
General relativity better be able to handle this situation, else it will fail theprinciple of correspondence.
Jonathan Matthew Clark The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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Pedagogy for general relativity Time’s role in gravitation Curvature Bibliography Appendix
Principle of correspondence
Students might wonder how general relativity models simple situationsthat they are familiar with.
The simplest non-trivial situation we could consider is our life of slowvelocities and weak gravitational fields on earth.
General relativity better be able to handle this situation, else it will fail theprinciple of correspondence.
Jonathan Matthew Clark The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
It’s About Time: Teaching Correct Intuition For General Relativity
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Pedagogy for general relativity Time’s role in gravitation Curvature Bibliography Appendix
Principle of correspondence
Students might wonder how general relativity models simple situationsthat they are familiar with.
The simplest non-trivial situation we could consider is our life of slowvelocities and weak gravitational fields on earth.
General relativity better be able to handle this situation, else it will fail theprinciple of correspondence.
Jonathan Matthew Clark The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
It’s About Time: Teaching Correct Intuition For General Relativity
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Weak-field limit
The following is a reformulation of an important result called the weak-fieldlimit of general relativity, which is proven in the appendix of this presentation:
Theorem
Suppose the Minkowski metric’s time-component is perturbed by a radiallysymmetric, time-independent function φ(r) such that the geodesic equationsreproduce Newton’s universal law of gravitation. Then
φ(r) = −2GM
c2r
and so the metric’s time-component agrees with the Schwarzschild metric:
g00(r) = 1− 2GM
c2r.
Jonathan Matthew Clark The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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Pedagogy for general relativity Time’s role in gravitation Curvature Bibliography Appendix
Weak-field limit
The following is a reformulation of an important result called the weak-fieldlimit of general relativity, which is proven in the appendix of this presentation:
Theorem
Suppose the Minkowski metric’s time-component is perturbed by a radiallysymmetric, time-independent function φ(r) such that the geodesic equationsreproduce Newton’s universal law of gravitation. Then
φ(r) = −2GM
c2r
and so the metric’s time-component agrees with the Schwarzschild metric:
g00(r) = 1− 2GM
c2r.
Jonathan Matthew Clark The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
It’s About Time: Teaching Correct Intuition For General Relativity
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Pedagogy for general relativity Time’s role in gravitation Curvature Bibliography Appendix
Weak-field limit
This tells us that nearly all of gravitational acceleration we experience on earthis due to the curvature of time.
“Gravity comes from warps in time and space.”
Spatial curvature contributes more to the exotic effects of relativity.
Jonathan Matthew Clark The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
It’s About Time: Teaching Correct Intuition For General Relativity
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Pedagogy for general relativity Time’s role in gravitation Curvature Bibliography Appendix
Weak-field limit
This tells us that nearly all of gravitational acceleration we experience on earthis due to the curvature of time.
“Gravity comes from warps in time and space.”
Spatial curvature contributes more to the exotic effects of relativity.
Jonathan Matthew Clark The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
It’s About Time: Teaching Correct Intuition For General Relativity
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Pedagogy for general relativity Time’s role in gravitation Curvature Bibliography Appendix
Weak-field limit
This tells us that nearly all of gravitational acceleration we experience on earthis due to the curvature of time.
“Gravity comes from warps in time and space.”
Spatial curvature contributes more to the exotic effects of relativity.
Jonathan Matthew Clark The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
It’s About Time: Teaching Correct Intuition For General Relativity
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Pedagogy for general relativity Time’s role in gravitation Curvature Bibliography Appendix
Presentation Outline
1 Pedagogy for general relativity
2 Time’s role in gravitation
3 Curvature
4 Bibliography
5 Appendix
Jonathan Matthew Clark The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
It’s About Time: Teaching Correct Intuition For General Relativity
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Extrinsic or Intrinsic curvature?
Extrinsic curvature has to do with the way surfaces are embedded intolarger spaces. Their geodesics may be just straight lines.
A cylinder is not intrinsically curved because it can be smoothly flattened.
Jonathan Matthew Clark The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
It’s About Time: Teaching Correct Intuition For General Relativity
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Pedagogy for general relativity Time’s role in gravitation Curvature Bibliography Appendix
Extrinsic or Intrinsic curvature?
Extrinsic curvature has to do with the way surfaces are embedded intolarger spaces. Their geodesics may be just straight lines.
A cylinder is not intrinsically curved because it can be smoothly flattened.
Jonathan Matthew Clark The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
It’s About Time: Teaching Correct Intuition For General Relativity
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Pedagogy for general relativity Time’s role in gravitation Curvature Bibliography Appendix
Extrinsic or Intrinsic curvature?
Extrinsic curvature has to do with the way surfaces are embedded intolarger spaces. Their geodesics may be just straight lines.
A cylinder is not intrinsically curved because it can be smoothly flattened.
Jonathan Matthew Clark The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
It’s About Time: Teaching Correct Intuition For General Relativity
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Pedagogy for general relativity Time’s role in gravitation Curvature Bibliography Appendix
Extrinsic or Intrinsic curvature?
Intrinsic curvature has to do with the intrinsic properties of the surface,like how distances and angles are measured.
A cone is only curved intrinsically at the apex, which can be found bydrawing geodesic triangles on the cone’s surface and examining the sum oftheir interior angles.
Jonathan Matthew Clark The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
It’s About Time: Teaching Correct Intuition For General Relativity
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Pedagogy for general relativity Time’s role in gravitation Curvature Bibliography Appendix
Extrinsic or Intrinsic curvature?
Intrinsic curvature has to do with the intrinsic properties of the surface,like how distances and angles are measured.
A cone is only curved intrinsically at the apex, which can be found bydrawing geodesic triangles on the cone’s surface and examining the sum oftheir interior angles.
Jonathan Matthew Clark The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
It’s About Time: Teaching Correct Intuition For General Relativity
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Pedagogy for general relativity Time’s role in gravitation Curvature Bibliography Appendix
Extrinsic or Intrinsic curvature?
Intrinsic curvature has to do with the intrinsic properties of the surface,like how distances and angles are measured.
A cone is only curved intrinsically at the apex, which can be found bydrawing geodesic triangles on the cone’s surface and examining the sum oftheir interior angles.
Jonathan Matthew Clark The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
It’s About Time: Teaching Correct Intuition For General Relativity
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Pedagogy for general relativity Time’s role in gravitation Curvature Bibliography Appendix
Einstein’s field equations
The vacuum in general relativity satisfies the deceptively simple Einsteinfield equations:
Ruv = 0.
There’s a deep reason why relativity couldn’t model gravitation withouttime and all three spatial dimensions being intertwined.
Differential geometry is highly sensitive to the number of dimensions.
Theorem
Suppose a spacetime manifoldM has strictly less than four dimensions. IfRuv = 0 everywhere, thenM has zero total curvature.
Jonathan Matthew Clark The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
It’s About Time: Teaching Correct Intuition For General Relativity
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Pedagogy for general relativity Time’s role in gravitation Curvature Bibliography Appendix
Einstein’s field equations
The vacuum in general relativity satisfies the deceptively simple Einsteinfield equations: Ruv = 0.
There’s a deep reason why relativity couldn’t model gravitation withouttime and all three spatial dimensions being intertwined.
Differential geometry is highly sensitive to the number of dimensions.
Theorem
Suppose a spacetime manifoldM has strictly less than four dimensions. IfRuv = 0 everywhere, thenM has zero total curvature.
Jonathan Matthew Clark The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
It’s About Time: Teaching Correct Intuition For General Relativity
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Pedagogy for general relativity Time’s role in gravitation Curvature Bibliography Appendix
Einstein’s field equations
The vacuum in general relativity satisfies the deceptively simple Einsteinfield equations: Ruv = 0.
There’s a deep reason why relativity couldn’t model gravitation withouttime and all three spatial dimensions being intertwined.
Differential geometry is highly sensitive to the number of dimensions.
Theorem
Suppose a spacetime manifoldM has strictly less than four dimensions. IfRuv = 0 everywhere, thenM has zero total curvature.
Jonathan Matthew Clark The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
It’s About Time: Teaching Correct Intuition For General Relativity
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Pedagogy for general relativity Time’s role in gravitation Curvature Bibliography Appendix
Einstein’s field equations
The vacuum in general relativity satisfies the deceptively simple Einsteinfield equations: Ruv = 0.
There’s a deep reason why relativity couldn’t model gravitation withouttime and all three spatial dimensions being intertwined.
Differential geometry is highly sensitive to the number of dimensions.
Theorem
Suppose a spacetime manifoldM has strictly less than four dimensions. IfRuv = 0 everywhere, thenM has zero total curvature.
Jonathan Matthew Clark The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
It’s About Time: Teaching Correct Intuition For General Relativity
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Pedagogy for general relativity Time’s role in gravitation Curvature Bibliography Appendix
Einstein’s field equations
The vacuum in general relativity satisfies the deceptively simple Einsteinfield equations: Ruv = 0.
There’s a deep reason why relativity couldn’t model gravitation withouttime and all three spatial dimensions being intertwined.
Differential geometry is highly sensitive to the number of dimensions.
Theorem
Suppose a spacetime manifoldM has strictly less than four dimensions. IfRuv = 0 everywhere, thenM has zero total curvature.
Jonathan Matthew Clark The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
It’s About Time: Teaching Correct Intuition For General Relativity
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Pedagogy for general relativity Time’s role in gravitation Curvature Bibliography Appendix
Presentation Outline
1 Pedagogy for general relativity
2 Time’s role in gravitation
3 Curvature
4 Bibliography
5 Appendix
Jonathan Matthew Clark The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
It’s About Time: Teaching Correct Intuition For General Relativity
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Bibliography
Ferraro, R. (2007). Einstein’s Space-Time: An Introduction to Special andGeneral Relativity. Springer.
Misner C. W., Thorne, K. S., & Wheeler J. A. (1973). Gravitation. W. H.Freeman and Company.
[World Science Festival]. (2015, November 25). Brian Greene ExploresGeneral Relativity in His Living Room. Retrieved fromhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRijc-AN-F0
[Science Magazine]. (2015, March 6). General Relativity: A super-quick,super-painless guide to the theory that conquered the universe. Retrievedfrom: http://spark.sciencemag.org/generalrelativity/
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Pedagogy for general relativity Time’s role in gravitation Curvature Bibliography Appendix
Presentation Outline
1 Pedagogy for general relativity
2 Time’s role in gravitation
3 Curvature
4 Bibliography
5 Appendix
Jonathan Matthew Clark The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
It’s About Time: Teaching Correct Intuition For General Relativity
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Appendix: proof of 1st theorem
Proof
We assume that the metric tensor takes the form:
g =
1 + φ(r) 0 0 0
0 −1 0 00 0 −1 00 0 0 −1
.
The spacetime interval and the ordinary time will be related by:
dτ 2 = (1 + φ(r))dt2 − 1
c2
(dx2 + dy 2 + dz2
).
If the velocity is small relative to the speed of light, we also have:
dτ 2
dt2= 1 + φ(r)− v 2
c2≈ 1 + φ(r).
Jonathan Matthew Clark The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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Appendix: proof of 1st theorem
Proof
We assume that the metric tensor takes the form:
g =
1 + φ(r) 0 0 0
0 −1 0 00 0 −1 00 0 0 −1
.
The spacetime interval and the ordinary time will be related by:
dτ 2 = (1 + φ(r))dt2 − 1
c2
(dx2 + dy 2 + dz2
).
If the velocity is small relative to the speed of light, we also have:
dτ 2
dt2= 1 + φ(r)− v 2
c2≈ 1 + φ(r).
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It’s About Time: Teaching Correct Intuition For General Relativity
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Pedagogy for general relativity Time’s role in gravitation Curvature Bibliography Appendix
Appendix: proof of 1st theorem
Proof
We assume that the metric tensor takes the form:
g =
1 + φ(r) 0 0 0
0 −1 0 00 0 −1 00 0 0 −1
.
The spacetime interval and the ordinary time will be related by:
dτ 2 = (1 + φ(r))dt2 − 1
c2
(dx2 + dy 2 + dz2
).
If the velocity is small relative to the speed of light, we also have:
dτ 2
dt2= 1 + φ(r)− v 2
c2≈ 1 + φ(r).
Jonathan Matthew Clark The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
It’s About Time: Teaching Correct Intuition For General Relativity
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Pedagogy for general relativity Time’s role in gravitation Curvature Bibliography Appendix
Appendix: proof of 1st theorem
Proof
We assume that the metric tensor takes the form:
g =
1 + φ(r) 0 0 0
0 −1 0 00 0 −1 00 0 0 −1
.
The spacetime interval and the ordinary time will be related by:
dτ 2 = (1 + φ(r))dt2 − 1
c2
(dx2 + dy 2 + dz2
).
If the velocity is small relative to the speed of light, we also have:
dτ 2
dt2= 1 + φ(r)− v 2
c2≈ 1 + φ(r).
Jonathan Matthew Clark The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
It’s About Time: Teaching Correct Intuition For General Relativity
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Pedagogy for general relativity Time’s role in gravitation Curvature Bibliography Appendix
Appendix: proof of 1st theorem
Proof
We assume that the metric tensor takes the form:
g =
1 + φ(r) 0 0 0
0 −1 0 00 0 −1 00 0 0 −1
.
The spacetime interval and the ordinary time will be related by:
dτ 2 = (1 + φ(r))dt2 − 1
c2
(dx2 + dy 2 + dz2
).
If the velocity is small relative to the speed of light, we also have:
dτ 2
dt2= 1 + φ(r)− v 2
c2≈ 1 + φ(r).
Jonathan Matthew Clark The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
It’s About Time: Teaching Correct Intuition For General Relativity
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Pedagogy for general relativity Time’s role in gravitation Curvature Bibliography Appendix
Appendix: proof of 1st theorem
Proof
We assume that the metric tensor takes the form:
g =
1 + φ(r) 0 0 0
0 −1 0 00 0 −1 00 0 0 −1
.
The spacetime interval and the ordinary time will be related by:
dτ 2 = (1 + φ(r))dt2 − 1
c2
(dx2 + dy 2 + dz2
).
If the velocity is small relative to the speed of light, we also have:
dτ 2
dt2= 1 + φ(r)− v 2
c2≈ 1 + φ(r).
Jonathan Matthew Clark The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
It’s About Time: Teaching Correct Intuition For General Relativity
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Appendix: proof of 1st theorem
Proof
If the function φ(r) is a small perturbation, then we have dτ 2 ≈ dt2. Thismeans that we can replace the spacetime interval with the ordinary coordinatetime. The geodesic has components qw (t) which satisfy the geodesic equation:
d2qw (t)
dt2= −Γw
uv (x)dqu(t)
dt
dqv (t)
dt
=1
2gwz(x) {∂zguv (x)− ∂ugzv (x)− ∂vgzu(x)} dq
u(t)
dt
dqv (t)
dt
=1
2gwz(x)∂zguv (x)
dqu(t)
dt
dqv (t)
dt− gwz(x)∂ugzv (x)
dqu(t)
dt
dqv (t)
dt.
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Appendix: proof of 1st theorem
Proof
If the function φ(r) is a small perturbation, then we have dτ 2 ≈ dt2. Thismeans that we can replace the spacetime interval with the ordinary coordinatetime. The geodesic has components qw (t) which satisfy the geodesic equation:
d2qw (t)
dt2= −Γw
uv (x)dqu(t)
dt
dqv (t)
dt
=1
2gwz(x) {∂zguv (x)− ∂ugzv (x)− ∂vgzu(x)} dq
u(t)
dt
dqv (t)
dt
=1
2gwz(x)∂zguv (x)
dqu(t)
dt
dqv (t)
dt− gwz(x)∂ugzv (x)
dqu(t)
dt
dqv (t)
dt.
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Appendix: proof of 1st theorem
Proof
Also note that, since the metric is time-independent and constant except in asingle component, this can be greatly simplified:
d2qw (t)
dt2=
1
2gwz(x)∂zg00(x)
dq0(t)
dt
dq0(t)
dt− gw0(x)∂ug00(x)
dqu(t)
dt
dq0(t)
dt
=1
2gwz(x)∂zφ(r)
d(ct)
dt
d(ct)
dt− gw0(x)∂uφ(r)
dqu(t)
dt
d(ct)
dt
=c2
2gwz(x)∂zφ(r)− cgw0(x)∂uφ(r)
dqu(t)
dt=
c2
2gwz(x)∂zφ(r)− cgw0(x)
dφ(r)
dt
=c2
2gwz(x)∂zφ(r)− cgw0(x)
dφ(r)
dr
dr
dt=
c2
2gwz(x)∂zφ(r)− cgw0(x)
dφ(r)
drv .
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Appendix: proof of 1st theorem
Proof
Also note that, since the metric is time-independent and constant except in asingle component, this can be greatly simplified:
d2qw (t)
dt2=
1
2gwz(x)∂zg00(x)
dq0(t)
dt
dq0(t)
dt− gw0(x)∂ug00(x)
dqu(t)
dt
dq0(t)
dt
=1
2gwz(x)∂zφ(r)
d(ct)
dt
d(ct)
dt− gw0(x)∂uφ(r)
dqu(t)
dt
d(ct)
dt
=c2
2gwz(x)∂zφ(r)− cgw0(x)∂uφ(r)
dqu(t)
dt=
c2
2gwz(x)∂zφ(r)− cgw0(x)
dφ(r)
dt
=c2
2gwz(x)∂zφ(r)− cgw0(x)
dφ(r)
dr
dr
dt=
c2
2gwz(x)∂zφ(r)− cgw0(x)
dφ(r)
drv .
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Appendix: proof of 1st theorem
Proof
For a fixed w 6= 0, since gww (x) = −1 and gw0(x) = 0, we obtain:
d2qw (t)
dt2=
c2
2gwz(x)∂zφ(r)− cgw0(x)
dφ(r)
drv = −c2
2∂wφ(r).
So we can view the spatial-components of the geodesic path as atime-dependent Euclidean vector q(t) which satisfies:
a(t) =d2q(t)
dt2= −c2
2~∇φ(r).
Jonathan Matthew Clark The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
It’s About Time: Teaching Correct Intuition For General Relativity
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Appendix: proof of 1st theorem
Proof
For a fixed w 6= 0, since gww (x) = −1 and gw0(x) = 0, we obtain:
d2qw (t)
dt2=
c2
2gwz(x)∂zφ(r)− cgw0(x)
dφ(r)
drv = −c2
2∂wφ(r).
So we can view the spatial-components of the geodesic path as atime-dependent Euclidean vector q(t) which satisfies:
a(t) =d2q(t)
dt2= −c2
2~∇φ(r).
Jonathan Matthew Clark The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
It’s About Time: Teaching Correct Intuition For General Relativity
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Appendix: proof of 1st theorem
Proof
For a fixed w 6= 0, since gww (x) = −1 and gw0(x) = 0, we obtain:
d2qw (t)
dt2=
c2
2gwz(x)∂zφ(r)− cgw0(x)
dφ(r)
drv = −c2
2∂wφ(r).
So we can view the spatial-components of the geodesic path as atime-dependent Euclidean vector q(t) which satisfies:
a(t) =d2q(t)
dt2= −c2
2~∇φ(r).
Jonathan Matthew Clark The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
It’s About Time: Teaching Correct Intuition For General Relativity
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Appendix: proof of 1st theorem
Proof
For a fixed w 6= 0, since gww (x) = −1 and gw0(x) = 0, we obtain:
d2qw (t)
dt2=
c2
2gwz(x)∂zφ(r)− cgw0(x)
dφ(r)
drv = −c2
2∂wφ(r).
So we can view the spatial-components of the geodesic path as atime-dependent Euclidean vector q(t) which satisfies:
a(t) =d2q(t)
dt2= −c2
2~∇φ(r).
Jonathan Matthew Clark The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
It’s About Time: Teaching Correct Intuition For General Relativity
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Appendix: proof of 1st theorem
Proof
We compare this to Newton’s universal law of gravitation:
a = −GM
r 2r̂.
For the two accelerations to agree, we must have:
−c2
2~∇φ(r) = −GM
r 2r̂.
This yields a partial differential equation for the perturbation function:
~∇φ(r) =2GM
c2r 2r̂.
Jonathan Matthew Clark The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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Appendix: proof of 1st theorem
Proof
We compare this to Newton’s universal law of gravitation:
a = −GM
r 2r̂.
For the two accelerations to agree, we must have:
−c2
2~∇φ(r) = −GM
r 2r̂.
This yields a partial differential equation for the perturbation function:
~∇φ(r) =2GM
c2r 2r̂.
Jonathan Matthew Clark The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
It’s About Time: Teaching Correct Intuition For General Relativity
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Appendix: proof of 1st theorem
Proof
We compare this to Newton’s universal law of gravitation:
a = −GM
r 2r̂.
For the two accelerations to agree, we must have:
−c2
2~∇φ(r) = −GM
r 2r̂.
This yields a partial differential equation for the perturbation function:
~∇φ(r) =2GM
c2r 2r̂.
Jonathan Matthew Clark The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
It’s About Time: Teaching Correct Intuition For General Relativity
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Appendix: proof of 1st theorem
Proof
We compare this to Newton’s universal law of gravitation:
a = −GM
r 2r̂.
For the two accelerations to agree, we must have:
−c2
2~∇φ(r) = −GM
r 2r̂.
This yields a partial differential equation for the perturbation function:
~∇φ(r) =2GM
c2r 2r̂.
Jonathan Matthew Clark The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
It’s About Time: Teaching Correct Intuition For General Relativity
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Pedagogy for general relativity Time’s role in gravitation Curvature Bibliography Appendix
Appendix: proof of 1st theorem
Proof
We compare this to Newton’s universal law of gravitation:
a = −GM
r 2r̂.
For the two accelerations to agree, we must have:
−c2
2~∇φ(r) = −GM
r 2r̂.
This yields a partial differential equation for the perturbation function:
~∇φ(r) =2GM
c2r 2r̂.
Jonathan Matthew Clark The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
It’s About Time: Teaching Correct Intuition For General Relativity
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Pedagogy for general relativity Time’s role in gravitation Curvature Bibliography Appendix
Appendix: proof of 1st theorem
Proof
We compare this to Newton’s universal law of gravitation:
a = −GM
r 2r̂.
For the two accelerations to agree, we must have:
−c2
2~∇φ(r) = −GM
r 2r̂.
This yields a partial differential equation for the perturbation function:
~∇φ(r) =2GM
c2r 2r̂.
Jonathan Matthew Clark The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
It’s About Time: Teaching Correct Intuition For General Relativity
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Appendix: proof of 1st theorem
Proof
This can be solved by applying an indefinite line integral:
φ(r) =2GM
c2
∫r̂ · drr 2
=2GM
c2
∫dr
r 2= −2GM
c2r+ α.
To find the integration constant, we recall that the metric should approach theMinkowski metric at spatial infinity:
limr→∞
(φ(r)) = 0.
This easily determines the integration constant:
limr→∞
(−2GM
c2r+ α
)= lim
r→∞
(−2GM
c2r
)+ lim
r→∞(α) = α = 0.
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Appendix: proof of 1st theorem
Proof
This can be solved by applying an indefinite line integral:
φ(r) =2GM
c2
∫r̂ · drr 2
=2GM
c2
∫dr
r 2= −2GM
c2r+ α.
To find the integration constant, we recall that the metric should approach theMinkowski metric at spatial infinity:
limr→∞
(φ(r)) = 0.
This easily determines the integration constant:
limr→∞
(−2GM
c2r+ α
)= lim
r→∞
(−2GM
c2r
)+ lim
r→∞(α) = α = 0.
Jonathan Matthew Clark The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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Appendix: proof of 1st theorem
Proof
This can be solved by applying an indefinite line integral:
φ(r) =2GM
c2
∫r̂ · drr 2
=2GM
c2
∫dr
r 2= −2GM
c2r+ α.
To find the integration constant, we recall that the metric should approach theMinkowski metric at spatial infinity:
limr→∞
(φ(r)) = 0.
This easily determines the integration constant:
limr→∞
(−2GM
c2r+ α
)= lim
r→∞
(−2GM
c2r
)+ lim
r→∞(α) = α = 0.
Jonathan Matthew Clark The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
It’s About Time: Teaching Correct Intuition For General Relativity
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Appendix: proof of 1st theorem
Proof
This can be solved by applying an indefinite line integral:
φ(r) =2GM
c2
∫r̂ · drr 2
=2GM
c2
∫dr
r 2= −2GM
c2r+ α.
To find the integration constant, we recall that the metric should approach theMinkowski metric at spatial infinity:
limr→∞
(φ(r)) = 0.
This easily determines the integration constant:
limr→∞
(−2GM
c2r+ α
)= lim
r→∞
(−2GM
c2r
)+ lim
r→∞(α) = α = 0.
Jonathan Matthew Clark The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
It’s About Time: Teaching Correct Intuition For General Relativity
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Appendix: proof of 1st theorem
Proof
This can be solved by applying an indefinite line integral:
φ(r) =2GM
c2
∫r̂ · drr 2
=2GM
c2
∫dr
r 2= −2GM
c2r+ α.
To find the integration constant, we recall that the metric should approach theMinkowski metric at spatial infinity:
limr→∞
(φ(r)) = 0.
This easily determines the integration constant:
limr→∞
(−2GM
c2r+ α
)= lim
r→∞
(−2GM
c2r
)+ lim
r→∞(α) = α = 0.
Jonathan Matthew Clark The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
It’s About Time: Teaching Correct Intuition For General Relativity
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Appendix: proof of 1st theorem
Proof
This can be solved by applying an indefinite line integral:
φ(r) =2GM
c2
∫r̂ · drr 2
=2GM
c2
∫dr
r 2= −2GM
c2r+ α.
To find the integration constant, we recall that the metric should approach theMinkowski metric at spatial infinity:
limr→∞
(φ(r)) = 0.
This easily determines the integration constant:
limr→∞
(−2GM
c2r+ α
)= lim
r→∞
(−2GM
c2r
)+ lim
r→∞(α) = α = 0.
Jonathan Matthew Clark The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
It’s About Time: Teaching Correct Intuition For General Relativity
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Pedagogy for general relativity Time’s role in gravitation Curvature Bibliography Appendix
Appendix: proof of 1st theorem
Proof.
So we conclude that the time-component for the metric agrees with theSchwarzschild metric’s time-component:
g00(x) = 1− 2GM
c2r
We assumed that the velocity was small compared to the speed of light. Thisimplies the geodesic in the w = 0 case is trivial as expected:
d2q0(t)
dt2=
c2
2g 0z(x)∂zφ(r)− cg 00(x)
dφ(r)
drv = −cg 00(x)
d
dr
(−2GM
c2r
)v
= −cg 00(x)
(2GM
c2r 2
)v = −cg 00(x)
(2GM
cr 2
)(vc
)≈ 0.
Jonathan Matthew Clark The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
It’s About Time: Teaching Correct Intuition For General Relativity
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Pedagogy for general relativity Time’s role in gravitation Curvature Bibliography Appendix
Appendix: proof of 1st theorem
Proof.
So we conclude that the time-component for the metric agrees with theSchwarzschild metric’s time-component:
g00(x) = 1− 2GM
c2r
We assumed that the velocity was small compared to the speed of light. Thisimplies the geodesic in the w = 0 case is trivial as expected:
d2q0(t)
dt2=
c2
2g 0z(x)∂zφ(r)− cg 00(x)
dφ(r)
drv = −cg 00(x)
d
dr
(−2GM
c2r
)v
= −cg 00(x)
(2GM
c2r 2
)v = −cg 00(x)
(2GM
cr 2
)(vc
)≈ 0.
Jonathan Matthew Clark The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
It’s About Time: Teaching Correct Intuition For General Relativity
![Page 64: It’s About Time: Teaching Correct Intuition For …...Presentation Outline 1 Pedagogy for general relativity 2 Time’s role in gravitation 3 Curvature 4 Bibliography 5 Appendix](https://reader034.fdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022050509/5f99d0af7e45a615df6c0420/html5/thumbnails/64.jpg)
Pedagogy for general relativity Time’s role in gravitation Curvature Bibliography Appendix
Appendix: proof of 1st theorem
Proof.
So we conclude that the time-component for the metric agrees with theSchwarzschild metric’s time-component:
g00(x) = 1− 2GM
c2r
We assumed that the velocity was small compared to the speed of light. Thisimplies the geodesic in the w = 0 case is trivial as expected:
d2q0(t)
dt2=
c2
2g 0z(x)∂zφ(r)− cg 00(x)
dφ(r)
drv = −cg 00(x)
d
dr
(−2GM
c2r
)v
= −cg 00(x)
(2GM
c2r 2
)v = −cg 00(x)
(2GM
cr 2
)(vc
)≈ 0.
Jonathan Matthew Clark The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
It’s About Time: Teaching Correct Intuition For General Relativity
![Page 65: It’s About Time: Teaching Correct Intuition For …...Presentation Outline 1 Pedagogy for general relativity 2 Time’s role in gravitation 3 Curvature 4 Bibliography 5 Appendix](https://reader034.fdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022050509/5f99d0af7e45a615df6c0420/html5/thumbnails/65.jpg)
Pedagogy for general relativity Time’s role in gravitation Curvature Bibliography Appendix
Appendix: proof of 1st theorem
Proof.
So we conclude that the time-component for the metric agrees with theSchwarzschild metric’s time-component:
g00(x) = 1− 2GM
c2r
We assumed that the velocity was small compared to the speed of light. Thisimplies the geodesic in the w = 0 case is trivial as expected:
d2q0(t)
dt2=
c2
2g 0z(x)∂zφ(r)− cg 00(x)
dφ(r)
drv = −cg 00(x)
d
dr
(−2GM
c2r
)v
= −cg 00(x)
(2GM
c2r 2
)v = −cg 00(x)
(2GM
cr 2
)(vc
)≈ 0.
Jonathan Matthew Clark The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
It’s About Time: Teaching Correct Intuition For General Relativity