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View SchemaEinstein's gravitational field
| Authors | Peter M. Brown |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0204044 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0204044 |
Abstract
There exists some confusion, as evidenced in the literature, regarding the nature of the gravitational field in Einstein's General Theory of Relativity. It is argued here the this confusion is a result of a change in interpretation of the gravitational field. Einstein identified the existence of gravity with the inertial motion of accelerating bodies (i.e. bodies in free-fall) whereas contemporary physicists identify the existence of gravity with space-time curvature (i.e. tidal forces). The interpretation of gravity as a curvature in space-time is an interpretation Einstein did not agree with.
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