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Acceleration and Gravity: Einstein’s Principle of Equivalence

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It is shown that Einstein’s equivalence principle, formulated in a manner consistent with Special Relativity, is inconsistent with the field equations of General Relativity.

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    Lewis Ryder

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    Abhay Ashtekar

  2. Institute for Foundational Studies Hermann Minkowski, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    Vesselin Petkov

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Ryder, L. (2014). Acceleration and Gravity: Einstein’s Principle of Equivalence. In: Ashtekar, A., Petkov, V. (eds) Springer Handbook of Spacetime. Springer Handbooks. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41992-8_4

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