Talk:Nordström's theory of gravitation

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correct typos

[edit] Some expository defects in 14 April 2006 version

Due to my own laziness, in the 14 April 2006 version, the historical exposition could trip up newcomers:

it is largely left to reader to distinguish between wave equation, raising/lowering/trace, wrt $\eta_{ab}, \; g_{ab}$
it is largely left to the reader to figure out $\phi = \exp(\psi) \approx 1 + \psi$ , so that small $ψ$ corresponds to weak fields, but due to arbitrary additive constants in gravitational potential, in weak fields either of these can be identified with Newtonian potential ( $ψ$ more natural for comparison with Einstein's later weak-field metric for gtr).

If possible I plan to fix these expository defects at some point. ---CH 17:56, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Students beware

I created the original version of this article and had been monitoring it for bad edits, but I am leaving the WP and am now abandoning this article to its fate.

Just wanted to provide notice that I am only responsible (in part) for the last version I edited; see User:Hillman/Archive. I emphatically do not vouch for anything you might see in more recent versions, but alternative gravitation theories attract many cranks, so be careful. Be wary also of external links to outside websites, which may well be cranky, and may present pseudoscience or fringe science as mainstream, which would of course be very misleading.

Good luck in your search for information, regardless!---CH 02:33, 1 July 2006 (UTC)