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Abstract
Keywords:
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
Definitions
- ℏ is Dirac’s constant, another name for the reduced Planck constant, typically denoted by this symbol [13].
Tensor Algebra
“The theory we are looking for must therefore be a generalization of the theory of the gravitational field. The first question is: What is the natural generalization of the symmetrical tensor field? ... What generalization of the field is going to provide the most natural theoretical system? The answer ... is that the symmetrical tensor field must be replaced by a non-symmetrical one. This means that the condition for the field components must be dropped.” [21]


2.1. Methods
Axioms
3. Results
Intrinsic Tensorial Relations
Theorem: The Stress-Energy Tensor of Matter
“... a tensor, , of the second rank ... includes in itself the energy density of the electromagnetic field and of ponderable matter; we shall denote this in the following as the ’energy tensor of matter’.” [17, p. 87/88]
“On peut aussi supposer que le tenseur d’énergie soit la somme de deux tenseurs dont un dû au champ électromagnétique...”[20]
“Wir unterscheiden im folgenden zwischen ‘Gravitationsfeld’ und ‘Materie’, in dem Sinne, daß alles außer dem Gravitationsfeld als ‘Materie’ bezeichnet wird, also nicht nur die ‘Materie’ im üblichen Sinne, sondern auch das elektromagnetische Feld...”[4, pp. 802/803]
- denotes the stress-energy tensor of ordinary matter,
-
represents the stress-energy tensor of the electromagnetic field, where:
- -
- is the electromagnetic field strength tensor,
- -
- is the spacetime metric tensor,
- -
- is the vacuum permeability (in SI units).
This formulation suggests that the total stress–energy tensor can be understood as comprising two principal components: one due to the electromagnetic field, and the other due to ponderable (or ordinary) matter. Such a decomposition implicitly assumes that all classical [18,19] field-theoretic physical phenomena can be traced back to these two categories of energy-momentum distributions. However, Einstein himself acknowledged the limitations of this formulation, particularly concerning the electromagnetic contribution. He noted that the precise geometric structure of the stress-energy tensor of the electromagnetic field remains unresolved:“Considered phenomenologically, this energy tensor is composed of that of the electromagnetic field and of matter in the narrower sense.” [17, p. 93]
“It is only the circumstance that we have not sufficient knowledge of the electromagnetic field of concentrated charges that compels us, provisionally, to leave undetermined in presenting the theory, the true form of this tensor.” [17, p. 91]
Theorem: The Tensor Relation
Theorem: The Tensor Relation
Theorem: The Tensor Relation
Theorem: The Tensor Relation
Theorem: The Tensor Relation
| Curvature | ||||
| YES | NO | |||
| Momentum | YES | a | b | |
| NO | c | d | ||
| G | R | |||
Extended Tensorial Relationships
Theorem: The Tensor Relation
Theorem: The Tensor Relation
Theorem: The Tensor Relation
Theorem: The Stress-Energy Tensor of Ordinary Matter
... ‘Materie’ bezeichnet ... nicht nur die ‘Materie’ im üblichen Sinne, sondern auch das elektromagnetische Feld. (see also [4], pp. 802/803)
"...‘Matter’ refers not only to ‘matter’ in the ordinary sense, but also to the electromagnetic field."
- is the vacuum permeability (also known as the magnetic constant), a physical constant that appears in Maxwell’s equations.
- is the electromagnetic field strength tensor with lowered indices, defined as:where is the four-potential of the electromagnetic field.
- is the mixed-index version of the field strength tensor, obtained by raising the second index:
- is the metric tensor of spacetime, used to raise and lower indices. In Minkowski space (special relativity), it is typically:
- is the invariant scalar of the electromagnetic field, representing the contraction of the field strength tensor with itself.
Theorem: The Tensor of Pure Non–Locality
Theorem: The Tensor
Theorem: The Tensor
Theorem: The Tensor Relation
The Quantization of Spacetime
Quantum Gravity in General
Theorem. The Scalar Form of Ricci Tensor in General
Theorem. The Stress Energy Tensor of Matter and Laue’s Scalar T
The Geometrical Structure of the Stress-Energy Tensor of Matter
Theorem
The Specifics of Quantum Gravity
Quantisation of Gravitation
Theorem. The Generally Covariant Planck–Einstein Relation
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
| BCE | Before Current Era |
| CMB | Cosmic Microwave Background |
| DOAJ | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| EFE | Einstein field equations |
| GRACE | Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment |
| LARES | Laser Relativity Satellite |
| LD | Linear Dichroism |
| MDPI | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute |
| QED | Quantum Electrodynamics |
| TLA | Three-Letter Acronym |
| CDM | Lambda Cold Dark Matter (standard cosmological model) |
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