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All classical, local theories of spacetime and gravitation are based on a rather small number of assumptions about the geometry, the form of the field equations and the nature of the sources. The basic assumptions may be formulated in such a way as to allow an easy comparison between the theories. To achieve this, it is convenient to distinguish the ‘kinematic’ part of the assumptions, referring to the type of geometry, from the ‘dynamic’ part, which consists in specifying the form of the field equations.
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Trautman, A. (1980). Generalities on Geometric Theories of Gravitation. In: Bergmann, P.G., De Sabbata, V. (eds) Cosmology and Gravitation. NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series, vol 58. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3123-0_1
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