A Note on the Feynman Lectures on Gravitation

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Main Author: Nakajima, Satoshi
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contents Following Feynman's lectures on gravitation, we consider the theory of the gravitational (massless spin-2) field in flat spacetime and present the third- and fourth-order Lagrangian densities for the gravitational field. In particular, we present detailed calculations for the third-order Lagrangian density. We point out that the expression for the third-order Lagrangian density which Feynman provided is not a solution of Feynman's condition that the third-order Lagrangian density must satisfy. However, Feynman's third-order Lagrangian density gives the correct perihelion shift.
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Nakajima, Satoshi
High Energy Physics - Theory
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Following Feynman's lectures on gravitation, we consider the theory of the gravitational (massless spin-2) field in flat spacetime and present the third- and fourth-order Lagrangian densities for the gravitational field. In particular, we present detailed calculations for the third-order Lagrangian density. We point out that the expression for the third-order Lagrangian density which Feynman provided is not a solution of Feynman's condition that the third-order Lagrangian density must satisfy. However, Feynman's third-order Lagrangian density gives the correct perihelion shift.
title A Note on the Feynman Lectures on Gravitation
topic High Energy Physics - Theory
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.11799