XPost: sci.math   
   From: snos@kook.ru   
      
   Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:   
      
   >>> (as from its own perspective) its world-line in the geodesy,   
   >>> which is basically a vector field.   
   >>   
   >> No.   
   >   
   > A _geodesic_ x(λ) is _a parameterized curve_, with the affine parameter   
   > λ (affine: offsets/origins do not matter; you can choose any point to be   
   > that where λ = 0).  For every value of λ the value of x(λ) is a quantity   
   > that transforms as a vector.  In that sense a geodesic is also a vector   
      
   that's exactly the mark rotating on the surface of an ellipse , not the   
   ellipse rotating, fucking braindead imbecile   
      
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