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This study revisits Einstein

Area of Science:

Theoretical Physics
Gravitation
Cosmology

Background:

Einstein's General Relativity (GR) describes gravity using a Lagrangian in Minkowski spacetime.
GR presents black hole horizons as singularities where light speed is not constant.
The principle of mass-energy equivalence suggests physical quantities rescale with gravitational potential.

Purpose of the Study:

To re-examine fundamental concepts of General Relativity.
To derive a novel Lagrangian for static gravitational potentials.
To develop a transformation method for generating fully relativistic Lagrangians.

Main Methods:

Rescaling physical quantities (rest mass-energy, time, light speed) based on gravitational potential.
Deriving a 'germinal' Lagrangian for static gravitational potentials.

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Transforming the germinal Lagrangian into a fully relativistic form using a novel method.

Main Results:

A new static gravitational Lagrangian (germinal) is obtained, distinct from Schwarzschild but sharing its black hole singularity.
The transformation method yields a fully relativistic gravitational Lagrangian with a 4x4 tensor potential.
In the weak field limit, the generated Lagrangian resembles Heaviside's theory but is fundamentally different.

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The proposed theory, while not equivalent to GR, offers a new framework for gravitation.
The derived Lagrangian explains galactic stellar velocity anomalies without invoking dark matter.
This approach provides a potential alternative to dark matter in cosmological models.