Wonderful! I love the water/sugar example.

-- Russ



On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 9:07 PM, Roger Critchlow <r...@elf.org> wrote:

> Working from the context, I'd guess: the tensor product between the
> components <i>dx<sup>a</sup></i> and <i>dx<sup>b</sup></i>of the stress
> energy tensor <i>T<sub>ab</sub></i>, but I've never been too sure about
> tensors.
>
> I was lost in the introduction.
>
> The proposition of entropy causing action at a distance reminded me of a
> notorious demonstration.  A beaker of water and a beaker of sugar dissolved
> in water are sealed together inside a bell jar.  Over time the level of
> liquid in the beaker of water will drop and the level of liquid in the
> beaker of sugar water will rise.
>
> -- rec --
>
> On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 7:30 PM, glen e. p. ropella <
> g...@agent-based-modeling.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> So, Verlinde lost me in section 4.  But I usually try to continue reading
>> even if I don't understand (just like I continue talking about stuff I don't
>> understand ;-).  And equation 5.35 (attached) had a surprise for me.  What
>> is that ^ symbol between dx^a and dx^b?
>>
>>
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>>
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