Schild's ladder
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Schild's ladder
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In the theory of general relativity, and differential geometry more generally, Schild's ladder is a first-order method for approximating parallel transport of a vector along a curve using only affinely parametrized geodesics. The method is named for Alfred Schild, who introduced the method during lectures at Princeton University.
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First-order method for approximating parallel transport of a vector along a curve
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schild%27s_ladder
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2022-10-23T03:44:04Z
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