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Conservation laws of classical mechanics

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In order to be able to understand Einstein’s field equations we should first consider some important concepts of Newtonian physics.

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    For a general definition of the gradient operator, see Appendix A

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Grøn, Ø., Næss, A. (2011). Conservation laws of classical mechanics. In: Einstein's Theory. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0706-5_10

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