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omnicognate11/04/20251 replyview on HN

Indeed! I meant that it's good to know Wald is mathematically modern and not encrusted with coordinates. Saves me buying another book :-D

(The comment I replied to mentioned both.)


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senderista11/04/2025

I think it does a very good job of explaining the abstract index notation, which is superficially similar to coordinate notation but conceptually quite different.