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there are worse convention-violations in GR; signature, Riemann tensor, extrinsic curvature… comparatively this is not a big deal!

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We need LaTeX macros or something so that you can create PDFs of your GR textbook in your preferred convention

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Brill

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\conventions{BrillHartle}

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Someone did that with a SUSY review: set a flag in the .tex file to switch between east and west coast conventions.

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‘I know, I’ll use Latex macros’ Now you have two problems (also see xkcd.com/208/ and xkcd.com/927/)

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What we need is a conservation of conventions law.

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I was unsure initially if this tweet was about physics or politics, sadly

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I live for fruitful ambiguity.

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In which signature is the “conservation of convention law” stated?