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Strong gravitational fields and geometry in the large

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The problem of strong gravitational fields (μ∼1) can be neither formulated invariantly nor solved in a local manner; it belongs to geometry in the large and requires the discussion of a complete atlas of maps. At μ∼1 a complicated topology of space-time is possible. Requirements for a solution with a complete atlas of maps and a physical example, a rigorous discussion of which has led to new results, are discussed.

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  1. Scientific-Research Institute of Nuclear Physics at the M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, USSR

    M. E. Gertsenshtein & M. Yu. Konstantinov

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Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 1, pp. 15–19, January, 1984.

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Gertsenshtein, M.E., Konstantinov, M.Y. Strong gravitational fields and geometry in the large. Soviet Physics Journal 27, 11–14 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00896401

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