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A heuristic derivation of the Einstein equations

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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of California, San Diego

    Ted Frankel

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Communicated by M. M. Schiffer

Work supported in part by N.S.F. grant G.P.-27670.

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Frankel, T. A heuristic derivation of the Einstein equations. Arch. Rational Mech. Anal. 56, 273–278 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00280972

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