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Can Plank units reduce a gravitational wave to Newton gravitation?

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Can Plank units reduce a gravitational wave to Newton gravitation?
« on: 23/06/2017 17:55:53 »
A wave function may represent a distortion of the continuum.
The wave function is derived from a space-time surface.
A Plank condition represents a special case of distortion.
This distortion links the mass of a distorting object and the surrounding gravitational field, giving “Plank Gravitation”. Can Plank gravitation reduce to Newton gravitation?

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Re: Can Plank units reduce a gravitational wave to Newton gravitation?
« Reply #1 on: 24/06/2017 09:36:33 »
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Can Plank units reduce a gravitational wave to Newton gravitation?
As I understand it, Newton thought of gravity as a force between all masses.

Newton did not conceive of gravitational waves that could propagate through empty space.
- Because Newton did not think of it does not make gravitational waves go away
- Gravitational waves have now been observed; invoking Plank units will not make them go away
- To be realistic, Newton's gravity describes the motions of planets across the sky, something that had been observed for millennia.
- Gravitational waves are an incredibly subtle effect, so the absence of them from Newton's theory of gravitation would have made no visible difference to measurement of planetary motion in the Solar System.

Gravitational waves are something which was an implication of Einstein's General Theory of relativity.
- Theorists working on string theory claim to have replicated all implications of Einstein's theory
- But at this time it has made no new testable hypotheses, so it remains a theoretical curiosity
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