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The compensation approach to gravitation is considered. A general method of compensating fields for an arbitrary Lie group is expounded. The geometrical and physical interpretation is given. In the special case of the Lorentz group, a theory of gravitation is constructed.
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Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 9, pp. 47–51, September, 1974.
We thank. Professor D. D. Ivanenko for his interest.
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Frolov, B.N., Sardanashvili, G.A. Gravitation and compensating fields. Soviet Physics Journal 17, 1228–1231 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01208670
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