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The 201 pages that link to General relativity, each with the reason it gives.

• Differential geometryRelated: Its field equations use curvature to connect spacetime geometry with physical sources.

• Bernhard RiemannRelated: Riemannian geometry supplied mathematical tools later adapted to describe curved spacetime.

• Lagrangian mechanicsRelated: Its geodesic motion can be derived from an action-based Lagrangian description.

• Non-Euclidean geometryRelated: Its spacetime geometry is non-Euclidean in the presence of gravity.

• Big BangRelated: Its equations provide the framework for modeling the universe’s expansion on large scales.

• Lambda-CDM modelRelated: It supplies the gravitational framework for the model’s cosmic expansion and structure growth.

• Noether's theoremRelated: Questions about energy conservation in general relativity helped motivate Noether's 1918 work.

• GravityRelated: It replaces gravitational force with curved spacetime as the central explanation.

• Metric tensorRelated: Its Lorentzian metric encodes spacetime intervals and gravitational structure.

• Élie CartanRelated: Cartan’s differential-geometric methods provide a frame-based formulation of gravitational spacetime.

• Riemannian geometryRelated: Its spatial geometry uses Riemannian methods, while spacetime itself has a Lorentzian metric.

• String theoryRelated: String theory aims to reproduce general relativity at suitable scales.

• Emmy NoetherRelated: Noether’s work on invariance and energy conservation addressed questions raised by general relativity.

• Riemannian metricRelated: Its spacetime metric is a close indefinite-signature counterpart of a Riemannian metric.

• Solar eclipseRelated: The 1919 eclipse expedition measured starlight deflection near the Sun, testing a prediction of the theory.

• GeometryRelated: Differential geometry supplies the mathematical language for describing curved spacetime.

• Gravitational constantRelated: Its field equations retain G as the coupling constant for gravity.

• GravitonRelated: A graviton would provide a quantum description of gravity whose classical limit must recover this theory.

• Smooth manifoldRelated: Its spacetime is modeled as a four-dimensional smooth manifold with a Lorentzian metric.

• Arthur EddingtonRelated: The eclipse results brought Eddington’s observations into the public debate over Einstein’s theory.

• Principle of least actionRelated: Its field equations can be derived by varying the Einstein–Hilbert action.

• Ernst MachRelated: Einstein’s early search for a relational account of inertia drew inspiration from Mach, though the theory does not simply embody Mach’s principle.

• Hermann WeylRelated: Weyl extended geometric methods inspired by relativity and sought to unify its gravitational field with electromagnetism.

• ManifoldRelated: Its spacetime is modeled as a four-dimensional Lorentzian manifold.

• Parallel postulateRelated: It made non-Euclidean geometry physically useful for describing the universe.

• Christoffel symbolsRelated: They enter coordinate equations for freely falling bodies and spacetime curvature.

• Coordinate chartRelated: Spacetime charts express the metric and physical fields locally.

• Gravitational perturbationRelated: Relativistic corrections can perturb orbits beyond the predictions of Newtonian gravity.

• Galactic CenterRelated: The S-star orbits and black-hole environment provide tests of relativistic predictions.

• Binary pulsarRelated: Binary-pulsar measurements test its predictions in strong gravitational fields.

• Chandrasekhar limitRelated: The classic Chandrasekhar limit is derived using Newtonian gravity, unlike relativistic neutron-star limits.

• CurvatureRelated: Spacetime curvature encodes gravitational effects in the theory.

• MercuryRelated: Its correction to Newtonian gravity explains the observed precession of Mercury’s orbit.

• PerihelionRelated: Its predictions account for the portion of Mercury’s perihelion advance unexplained by Newtonian gravity.

• Affine connectionRelated: Its Levi-Civita connection describes free fall and enters the field equations.

• Planck scaleRelated: Its classical description of spacetime is expected to need quantum corrections near the Planck scale.

• Nikolai LobachevskyRelated: Non-Euclidean geometry became essential mathematical language for curved spacetime.

• Holographic principleRelated: The principle seeks a microscopic account of the spacetime geometry this theory describes.

• Hyperbolic planeRelated: Hyperbolic geometry supplies spatial slices in some relativistic models, but is not itself spacetime curvature.

• Paradigm shiftRelated: It replaced Newtonian gravity in regimes where the older framework fails.

• Tensor calculusRelated: Its field equations relate spacetime curvature tensors to matter and energy.

• Electromagnetic field tensorRelated: The electromagnetic stress-energy tensor supplies a source term in Einstein’s field equations.

• Neutron degeneracy pressureRelated: At neutron-star densities, relativistic gravity determines whether pressure can sustain the star.

• Planck epochRelated: Its classical equations underpin the standard extrapolation toward the Big Bang but are expected to fail here.

• János BolyaiRelated: Its use of non-Euclidean geometry made the idea that physical space need not be Euclidean consequential.

• Orbital precessionRelated: Relativistic corrections produce a small advance of planetary perihelia.

• Scientific lawRelated: It accounts for gravitational phenomena beyond Newton’s law’s accurate domain.

• Stellar orbitRelated: In strong gravitational fields, relativistic effects can modify stellar trajectories.

• Tullio Levi-CivitaRelated: Tensor calculus supplied the coordinate-independent mathematics needed to express its field equations.

• Twin paradoxRelated: It extends clock comparisons to journeys where gravity or curved spacetime matters.