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THE new field equations proposed recently1 can be derived from either of two principles, the first being a rather obvious physical statement, the other an equally obvious mathematical postulate.
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NATURE, 132, 282; Aug. 19, 1933; Proc. Roy. Soc., in the press.
Compare G. Levi-Civitá, “Absolute Differential Calculus” (1927), Chap, xi, pp. 286–301.
A. S. Eddington, “The Mathematical Theory of Relativity” (Cambridge, 1923), 107.
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BORN, M., INFELD, L. Foundations of the New Field Theory. Nature 132, 1004 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/1321004b0
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