Local spacetime structure

Local spacetime structure

Local spacetime structure refers to the structure of spacetime on a local level, i.e. only considering those points in an open region of a point. This notion is useful in many areas of physics, most notably in Einstein's theory of general relativity. [citebook|title=The Physical Basis of the Direction of Time|author=H D Zeh, H D (Heinz Dieter) 1932- Zeh, SpringerLink |year=2007|publisher=Springer|id=ISBN 3540420819]

ee also

*Global spacetime structure
*Mathematics of general relativity

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