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Tensors and General Relativity - Explained Fast

Tensors and General Relativity - Explained Fast

Here's my attempt: Tensors are mathematical objects that are incredibly efficient at describing a material under strain and stress.

You can think of spacetime as a “material” that’s put under “strain and stress” by the presence of mass. So Tensors are all over General Relativity. And the “strain and stress of spacetime” is called Gravity.

If we had a Quantum theory of spacetime it might describe the situation totally differently. But we do not yet have such a theory.

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