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Free particles move with constant velocity u dr dt. General relativity is a beautiful scheme for describing the gravitational. Quantization breaks the symmetry the conformal anomaly of the theory and reimposing it leads to first order to the efes, and to additional spacetime dimensions. It helps students plot a careful path to understanding the core ideas and basics of differential geometry, as applied to general relativity.
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