On theories of gravitation with nonlinear Lagrangians
- 15 March 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D
- Vol. 37 (6) , 1406-1409
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.37.1406
Abstract
It is shown that any theory of gravitation with a nonlinear Lagrangian depending on the Ricci tensor is equivalent to the Einstein theory of gravitation interacting with additional matter fields.Keywords
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