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from the conservation theorems. This is connected to the fact that in (37) the com-
ponents of the total energy vanish everywhere. The equations (37), for example, do
not exclude the possibility (and this in contrast to the equations [35]) that a material
system dissolves into just nothing without leaving any trace. Because the total en-
ergy in (37)—but not in (35)—is zero from the beginning: the conservation of this
energy value does not demand the continued existence of the system in any form.
Translator’s Notes
{1} The index was omitted.
{2} In front of the last derivative of , a corrective , has been inserted.
{3} has been corrected to .
{4} has been corrected to .
{5} The of the first term in the fourth row has been corrected to .
{6} in the last cos-term has been corrected to .
σ
γ′
λ
∑
δρσ δμσ
γ1
μν
γ ′
μν
iλ2 iλ1
t43
3 t3
4