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To: OBAFGKM
"By the way, did you know that Newton's theory of gravitation is inconsistent with relativity?"

I'm going to have to call you on this one. Newton's theory is consistent with the General Theory, albeit under localized conditions. One reference is 'The Meaning of Relativity', ISBN 0-691-02352-2. I have also provided a link that touches upon this:

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316 posted on 07/11/2002 3:27:09 PM PDT by Tench_Coxe
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To: Tench_Coxe
"I'm going to have to call you on this one. Newton's theory is consistent with the General Theory, albeit under localized conditions."

Whutever. Newtonian gravitation requires the universe to operate under Galilean transformation; relativistic gravitation requires Lorentzian transformation. I suppose they're consistent, i.e. equivalent, in a massless universe where nothing's moving, but that sounds kind of boring to me.

448 posted on 07/12/2002 6:52:11 AM PDT by OBAFGKM
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