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Geodesics: The Geometry of Shortest Paths in Curved Space

Geodesics: The Geometry of Shortest Paths in Curved Space In the simplest terms, a geodesic is the generalization of a straight line to curved spaces. While we typically think of the shor...

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Torsion Tensor in Differential Geometry: Concepts and Applications

Torsion Tensor in Differential Geometry In the realm of differential geometry, the torsion tensor is a fundamental object associated with any affine connection. Intuitively, it describes ...

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