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Re:Who Did the Math for General Relativity First, Einstein o... by danharaj on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @12:04PM (#20635945)
Ricci scalar: number assigned to each point of a space describing curvature at that point

Stress-energy tensor (field): multidimensional quantity assigned to each point of a space describing how matter and energy are concentrated and moving at that point.

Trace: coordinate invariant transformation that turns a tensor field into a scalar field.

Diffeomorphism invariant: the object in question has the same description regardless of arbitrary coordinate changes

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