Abstract
If geodesics in space‐time can be classified as timelike, null, and spacelike, the affine connection must be of the form Γjki={jki}+2giaejka−(δjiδkakiδja−gjkgia)da , with da an arbitrary vector and eijk a tensor satisfying e(ijk)=e[ij]k= 0. It is possible to generalize Fermi's law of transport to this affine connection. The requirement that any observer be able to construct and maintain a nonrotating orthogonal space triad along his world line by the bouncing photon experiment implies the Weyl's geometry of paths.

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