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A systematic covariant formulation is given of the weak conservation law in the general theory of relativity for arbitrary coordinate transformations without introducing the unsatisfactory definition of the energy-momentum of the gravitational field.
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Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 7, pp. 13–16 July, 1979.
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Tunyak, V.N. Covariant formulation of the weak conservation law in the general theory of relativity without the energy-momentum of the gravitational field. Soviet Physics Journal 22, 694–697 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00902878
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