"In GR, the mass/energy source determines the metric function through the field equation. ...In this approach, gravity is the structure of spacetime and is not regarded as a force (that brings about acceleration). Thus a test-body will move in a force-free way in such a curved spacetime; it is natural to expect it to follow in this spacetime the shortest and straightest possible trajectory, the geodesic curve..."
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January 1, 1970

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