Re: GPS Off Course

From	"Paul B. Andersen" <relativity@paulba.no>
Newsgroups	sci.physics, sci.physics.relativity, alt.astronomy
Subject	Re: GPS Off Course
Date	2016-04-05 09:41 +0200
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On 04.04.2016 22:34, hanson wrote:
> hanson wrote:
> Paul, now you can tell me, and shine with SR/GR fundamentals. Millions
> of pages sing about the
> grandeur of "Space time". But they all have different
> interpretations of what it is and then formalize it
> into, say:
>
> ds^2 = dx^2 + dy^2 + dz^2 - c^2dt^2    ..... [1].
>
> Some say ds^2 is "space-time", others say that
> ds is "space-time", other still insist that ds^2 or
> ds are "space-time intervals", while others are
> adamant that "s" happens to be "space-time"
> Which choir do you sing with, Paul?

Why should I try to remedy your confusion?

You can however see an application of the metric
in flat space-time here:
https://paulba.no/pdf/TwinsByMetric.pdf

-- 
Paul

https://paulba.no/

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GPS Off Course The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-04-01 12:21 -0800
  Re: GPS Off Course Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2016-04-01 14:30 -0500
  Re: GPS Off Course jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-04-01 22:15 +0000
  Re: GPS Off Course Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2016-04-01 20:37 -0500
    Re: GPS Off Course The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-04-01 19:26 -0800
      Re: GPS Off Course Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2016-04-01 21:33 -0500
        Re: GPS Off Course Bimpy <pimp@pimp.com> - 2016-04-02 13:38 +0000
          Re: GPS Off Course Bimpy <pimp@pimp.com> - 2016-04-02 13:45 +0000
  Re: GPS Off Course Bimpy <pimp@pimp.com> - 2016-04-02 12:07 +0000
  Re: GPS Off Course Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2016-04-02 08:49 -0500
    Re: GPS Off Course "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2016-04-02 08:10 -0700
      Re: GPS Off Course "Paul B. Andersen" <relativity@paulba.no> - 2016-04-02 23:22 +0200
        Re: GPS Off Course "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2016-04-02 16:20 -0700
          Re: GPS Off Course "Paul B. Andersen" <relativity@paulba.no> - 2016-04-03 13:37 +0200
            Re: GPS Off Course "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2016-04-03 10:25 -0700
              Re: GPS Off Course "Paul B. Andersen" <relativity@paulba.no> - 2016-04-04 19:39 +0200
                Re: GPS Off Course "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2016-04-04 13:34 -0700
                Re: GPS Off Course "Paul B. Andersen" <relativity@paulba.no> - 2016-04-05 09:41 +0200
                Re: GPS Off Course "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2016-04-05 01:17 -0700
                Re: GPS Off Course "Paul B. Andersen" <relativity@paulba.no> - 2016-04-05 20:00 +0200
                ORI Re: GPS Off Course "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2016-04-05 13:12 -0700
                Re: GPS Off Course "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2016-04-05 13:54 -0700
                Re: ORI Re: GPS Off Course The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-04-05 17:07 -0700
                Re: ORI Re: GPS Off Course "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2016-04-05 17:26 -0700
                Re: GPS Off Course Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-04-07 04:40 +0200
                Re: GPS Off Course "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2016-04-06 22:56 -0700
                Re: GPS Off Course Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-04-07 22:54 +0200
                Re: GPS Off Course "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2016-04-07 17:02 -0700
                Re: GPS Off Course Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-04-08 05:36 +0200
                Re: GPS Off Course "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2016-04-08 01:26 -0700
                Re: GPS Off Course "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2016-04-08 22:16 -0700
                Re: GPS Off Course "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2016-04-08 22:18 -0700
                Re: GPS Off Course Helmut Wabnig <hwabnig@.- --- -.dotat> - 2016-04-09 08:17 +0200
                Re: GPS Off Course "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2016-04-09 00:24 -0700
  Re: GPS Off Course The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-04-02 13:36 -0800
    Re: GPS Off Course The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-04-02 13:38 -0800
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