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The conservation of source strength in linear field theories and the superpotentials

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In linear field theories for vector potentialsAi and tensor potentialsgik=gki, the Maxwell and the linearized Einstein equations are the only field equations from which true conservation laws result for each gauge of the field equations.

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    Hans-Jürgen Treder & Eckhard Kreisel

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Treder, HJ., Kreisel, E. The conservation of source strength in linear field theories and the superpotentials. Int J Theor Phys 15, 67–71 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01807087

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