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Time and Space, Remapped

Cosmic Variance
By Sean Carroll
Nov 15, 2012 1:47 AMNov 19, 2019 11:45 PM

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A short two-person dance, with a twist. Or more accurately, a shear: time is remapped so that there is a delay that increases as you move from the top of the frame down to the bottom. Or in math: (x', y', t') = (x, y, t - y), in some units. Via Terence Tao and Alex Fink.

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