[HN Gopher] A New Geometry for Einstein's Theory of Relativity
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       A New Geometry for Einstein's Theory of Relativity
        
       Author : jandrewrogers
       Score  : 60 points
       Date   : 2025-07-18 15:19 UTC (7 hours ago)
        
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       | WCSTombs wrote:
       | As a one-time mathematician, this was a really fascinating
       | article. The similarities seem to be entirely coincidental, but
       | what _would have been_ my doctoral dissertation was also about
       | generalizing some concepts from smooth manifolds to a  "non-
       | smooth" setting, and the crux of my work also hinged on optimal
       | transport.
       | 
       | Actually I feel optimal transport is a pretty underrated concept
       | in both pure and applied math, and I would have loved to explore
       | it had I continued in academia. But oh well, one must make
       | choices in life...
        
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