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Cosmological implications of a new law of gravitation

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Utilizing a geometric interpretation of gravitation within the framework of Einstein's general relativity, it is found that only expanding, spatially isotropic universes are allowed. The law of gravitation is taken in the formR 44=0 whereR 44 is the component of the contracted Riemann-Christoffel (Ricci) tensor representing the curvature of time. All that is required in addition toR 44=0 is that the Gaussian curvatureRbe nowhere infinite.

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Kobus, J.P. Cosmological implications of a new law of gravitation. Found Phys 4, 53–64 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00708554

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