DaveC426913
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thank you, yes, in so far as the green curve, ,( gravity TIME DILATION) is related to the actual strength of the gravity field as such, but as the "Exemption" clause shows, that connection is only tentative. define the exemption (where the opposite happens)for us again.
Ah. You refer to this:
OK:"According to the general theory of relativity, gravitational time dilation is copresent with the existence of an accelerated reference frame. An exception is the center of a concentric distribution of matter, where there is no accelerated reference frame, yet clocks are still supposed to tick slowly. "
No. That is not true.the green curve, ,( gravity TIME DILATION) is related to the actual strength of the gravity field
The time dilation is a product of where your reference point is.
(Remember, dilatory effects are always a result of observing a different reference frame. One never experiences relativistic effects, one observes them occurring elsewhere, in a different reference frame.)
If you lived at the centre of the Earth, and never saw the surface, you would not know about time dilation. What causes you to see a difference in times is that you must look outward "up-well" at a reference point (such as a clock) nearer the surface.
Though you experience zero local gravity at the centre, you cannot escape looking up that gravity hill to the other clock.
To everywhere in the flatter universe, looking at the centre of the Earth will always be looking down the well's curve. There's no way to avoid that, therefore it will always be time-dilated at the bottom.
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