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curprev 20:5720:57, 26 January 2023‎ ButterCashier talk contribs‎ 27,712 bytes +5‎ Reverting edit(s) by 69.238.162.1 (talk) to rev. 1133514144 by Nerd271: non-constructive (RW 16.1) undo Tags: RW Undo
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curprev 04:5804:58, 14 January 2023‎ Nerd271 talk contribs‎ 27,712 bytes +31‎ →‎See also: Portals for mathematics and physics. undo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

curprev 00:4600:46, 5 September 2022‎ Lejarrag talk contribs‎ 27,681 bytes +1‎ →‎Equation of motion may follow from the field equations for empty space undo

curprev 15:3815:38, 30 July 2022‎ 2001:b07:6456:892f:e907:c530:c4c5:eca2 talk‎ 27,680 bytes +28‎ →‎See also undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

curprev 16:0016:00, 15 March 2022‎ Red Act talk contribs‎ 26,702 bytes −1‎ Don't hyphenate "spacetime". undo

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curprev 08:4008:40, 7 January 2022‎ 2a02:2c40:100:b214::1:4b45 talk‎ 26,626 bytes −127‎ this was a repetition of what was said earlier in the paragraph (summation convention vs. einstein notation) undo

curprev 21:3121:31, 28 April 2021‎ 216.154.18.183 talk‎ 26,645 bytes +25‎ →‎Derivation directly from the equivalence principle undo

curprev 19:5719:57, 30 March 2021‎ 84.246.203.253 talk‎ 26,620 bytes +5‎ →‎Derivation using autoparallel transport: indent undo
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curprev 22:1522:15, 8 March 2021‎ 80.216.212.30 talk‎ 26,598 bytes +7‎ →‎Derivation using autoparallel transport undo

curprev 15:4915:49, 23 December 2020‎ Tom.Reding talk contribs‎ m 26,591 bytes +94‎ Enum 3 author/editor WLs; WP:GenFixes on undo Tag: AWB

curprev 17:5917:59, 2 December 2020‎ Footlessmouse talk contribs‎ m 26,497 bytes +4‎ link The Meaning of Relativity using Find link undo

curprev 05:4905:49, 16 November 2020‎ Fgnievinski talk contribs‎ 26,493 bytes +26‎ →‎See also: * Geodetic precession undo

curprev 22:2322:23, 16 September 2020‎ 130.183.212.145 talk‎ 26,467 bytes +115‎ \tau in the derivation was never defined, now it has been; variables should be defined if they're not immediately obvious or referenced at all before the equation in question undo

curprev 22:0122:01, 8 August 2020‎ ProphetX1 talk contribs‎ 26,352 bytes +1,767‎ I have shown an alternative derivation of the geodesic equation from a differential geometrical point of view using autoparallel transport. The derivation is based on Frederic Schuller's lectures. undo

curprev 16:3516:35, 26 July 2020‎ Quondum talk contribs‎ 24,585 bytes −159‎ →‎Geodesics as curves of stationary interval: In Minkowsi space there is only one geodesic between two points, period. We may as well state that upfront, not make it sound initially (through unfortunate choice of words) like this might not hold for space-like geodesics. Also removing constraint of simultaneity where it is not needed. undo

curprev 00:2900:29, 29 April 2020‎ JRSpriggs talk contribs‎ 24,744 bytes +4,266‎ Undid revision 953712125 by 193.176.211.83 (talk) revert removal of section without good reason undo Tag: Undo

curprev 17:3817:38, 28 April 2020‎ 193.176.211.83 talk‎ 20,478 bytes −4,266‎ Remove the incorrect derivation (see the last comment to the discussion). undo Tag: section blanking

curprev 05:5305:53, 18 April 2020‎ Fgnievinski talk contribs‎ 24,744 bytes −72‎ →‎top: of course it is undo

curprev 10:3110:31, 16 April 2020‎ OAbot talk contribs‎ m 24,816 bytes +16‎ Open access bot: doi added to citation with #oabot. undo

curprev 05:2705:27, 27 March 2020‎ JRSpriggs talk contribs‎ 24,800 bytes −129‎ Undid revision 947539557 by 2001:A61:3A0B:2701:D413:39CD:3F38:859B (talk) wrong: you introduced an error by ignoring the division by the square root which is d_tau/d_lambda. Thus your final result is contradictory. undo Tag: Undo

curprev 22:4222:42, 26 March 2020‎ 2001:a61:3a0b:2701:d413:39cd:3f38:859b talk‎ 24,929 bytes +129‎ The derivation of the geodesic equation via the principle of least action switched from lambda to tau for no good reason; this has been rectified undo

curprev 00:1800:18, 16 November 2019‎ InternetArchiveBot talk contribs‎ 24,800 bytes +81‎ Bluelink 1 book for verifiability.) #IABot (v2.0) (GreenC bot undo

curprev 02:0302:03, 7 November 2019‎ JRSpriggs talk contribs‎ 24,719 bytes +13‎ →‎Derivation directly from the equivalence principle: free falling particle undo

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curprev 01:4401:44, 29 October 2019‎ JRSpriggs talk contribs‎ 24,704 bytes −129‎ Undid revision 923446773 by 193.136.24.134 (talk) d lambda / d tau is the reciprocal of the square root. It is important to show where it should be used. undo Tag: Undo

curprev 16:3516:35, 28 October 2019‎ 193.136.24.134 talk‎ 24,833 bytes +129‎ →‎Deriving the geodesic equation via an action undo

curprev 07:4907:49, 23 September 2019‎ JRSpriggs talk contribs‎ 24,704 bytes +4‎ Undid revision 917230743 by Koitus~nlwiki (talk) "can be" is better than "is" because it is optional whether gravity is regarded as curvature or force (or a mixture of the two). undo Tag: Undo

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