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Wormhole

Wormhole

Hypothetical topological feature of spacetime A wormhole visualized as a two-dimensional surface. Route (a) is the shortest path through normal space between points 1 and 2; route (b) is a shorter path through a wormhole. General relativity G μ ν + Λ g μ ν = κ T μ ν {\displaystyle G_{\mu u }+\Lambda g_{\mu u }={\kappa }T_{\mu u }} Introduction HistoryTimelineTests Mathematical formulation Fundamental concepts Equivalence principle Special relativity World line Pseudo-Riemannian manifold Phenomena Kepler problem Gravitational lensing Gravitational redshift Gravitational time dilation Gravitational waves Frame-dragging Geodetic effect Event horizon Singularity Black hole Spacetime Spacetime diagrams Minkowski spacetime Metric tensor EquationsFormalisms Equations Linearized gravity Einstein field equations Friedmann Geodesics Mathisson–Papapetrou–Dixon Hamilton–Jacobi–Einstein Raychaudhuri Teukolsky Formalisms ADM NP BSSN Post-Newtonian Advanced theory Kaluza–Klein theory Quantum gravity Quantum field theory in curved spacetime Solutions Schwarzschild (interior) Reissner–Nordström Einstein–Rosen waves Wormhole Gödel Kerr Kerr–Newman Kerr–Newman–de Sitter