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We have seen that the space—time of general relativity is a four-dimensional manifold and that gravity is encoded in the metric tensor. It manifests itself in the relative acceleration of local inertial frames, and thus in variations in the metric from event to event.
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(2007). Tensor Calculus. In: General Relativity. Springer Undergraduate Mathematics Series. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-487-8_5
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