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In this book, we presented a theory of the gravitational field, where that field is mathematically represented by a (1, 1)-extensor field h existing in Minkowski spacetime (M, η, D, דη, ↑) and describes a plastic distortion of a medium that we called the Lorentz vacuum.
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Fernández, V.V., Rodrigues, W.A. (2010). Conclusions. In: Gravitation as a Plastic Distortion of the Lorentz Vacuum. Fundamental Theories of Physics, vol 168. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13589-7_8
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