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Some difficulties in the theory of the gravitational field are discussed; these are associated with the nonlocalized field energy. Orthogonal reference systems are used to formulate the energy and momentum distribution in terms of generally covariant tensors.
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The authors are indebted to Professor D. D. Ivanenko for an interesting discussion of these problems.
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Rodichev, V.I. Einstein's theory of the gravitational field in a representation by orthogonal reference systems. Soviet Physics Journal 8, 102–110 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00823755
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