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mostly plus

adj

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  1. in general relativity, describing the convention in which the metric tensor has a…

    in general relativity, describing the convention in which the metric tensor has a signature of (-,+,+,+).

    • ... two possible choices for the spacetime metric (either the mostly minus metric used in these lectures or the mostly plus metric), ...
    • I allow myself to be inconsistent in using the “mostly plus” metric in some contexts, but tried to emphasize this deviation properly.
    • We use the mostly plus convention wherein at any space time point a locally inertial frame can be found in which g#95;#123;MN#125;#61;#92;eta#95;#123;MN#125;#92;equiv(-1,#43;1,#92;dots,#43;1).

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