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It is shown that, in the space of the general theory of relativity, the velocity of an electromagnetic wave front in a non-inertial frame of reference, and of electromagnetic and gravitational wave fronts in a synchronous frame of reference, is constant and equal to the fundamental velocity. It is noted that the concept of a wave front is meaningful in synchronous frames of reference, of which inertial systems in a Minkowski world are a special case.
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Arifov, L.Y. On the velocity of electromagnetic and gravitational wave fronts. Soviet Physics Journal 10, 17–19 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01649467
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