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We present a compact, self-contained review of the conventional gauge theoretical approach to gravitation based on the local Poincaré group of symmetry transformations. The covariant field equations, Bianchi identities and conservation laws for angular momentum and energy-momentum are obtained.
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Ali, S.A., Cafaro, C., Capozziello, S. et al. On the Poincaré Gauge Theory of Gravitation. Int J Theor Phys 48, 3426 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10773-009-0149-0
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