2006/01/13 by Richard Atkins, Atkins, Richard
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Computational Physics and Python Applications #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #Scientific Research and Discoveries #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-th/0601083
16 pages Explanatory comments have been added for clarity, emphasis and to underscore the fact that the theory of gravitation considered in this paper is linearized general relativity
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It is shown that the string concept results naturally from considerations of gravitation. This paper describes a derivation of linearized general relativity based upon the hypotheses of special covariance and the existence of a gravitational potential. The gravitational field possesses gauge invariance given by a second-order covariant derivative defining an associated differential geometry. The concepts of parallelism and parallel transport lead to string-like constructions.