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The Implausibility of Gravitational Waves


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1 Independent Researcher, Canadian Association of Physicists, Canada
 

Gravitational waves are alleged disturbances in the curvature of hypothetical 4-D spacetime that are presumed to transport gravitational energy in a manner akin to that of electromagnetic radiation. Unfortunately, four-dimensional spacetime is a mathematical fiction that does not exist, does not curve, does not interact with gravity, and does not generate gravitational waves.

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Gravitational Waves, Astronomy, Astronomical Sciences.
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David Rowland
Independent Researcher, Canadian Association of Physicists, Canada

Abstract


Gravitational waves are alleged disturbances in the curvature of hypothetical 4-D spacetime that are presumed to transport gravitational energy in a manner akin to that of electromagnetic radiation. Unfortunately, four-dimensional spacetime is a mathematical fiction that does not exist, does not curve, does not interact with gravity, and does not generate gravitational waves.

Keywords


Gravitational Waves, Astronomy, Astronomical Sciences.

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