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Haorong Wu
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- Does "foliate" mean "consist of"?
Hi, there. I encounter the word "foliate" in GR textbooks but I have not seen it in other physics textbooks before. For example, it reads, we argue that a spherically symmetric spacetime can be foliated by two-spheres, from page 197 in spacetime and geometry by Carroll.
By this sentence, I guess maybe "foliate" means "consist of" such that the spherically symmetric spacetime can be peeled into a family of two-spheres. I am not sure if this is correct, and maybe it implies other meanings?
By this sentence, I guess maybe "foliate" means "consist of" such that the spherically symmetric spacetime can be peeled into a family of two-spheres. I am not sure if this is correct, and maybe it implies other meanings?