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Doubt on the difference between a rotational coordinate system and spherical coordinate system and the calculation of the Christoffel sysmbols
I know basic differential geometry for general Relativity and classical mechanics. But an interesting fact was revealed in my calculations, namely, that I discovered that I didn't realize the ...
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In a general physical sense, is the position of a particle really a vector?
Is it consistent to define the position of a particle in some frame as a vector or is just an informal representation? Velocity and acceleration can be added up and multiplied by real numbers and ...
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