General relativity and gravitational field equations

Statement

Einstein’s field equations relate spacetime curvature to stress–energy; they subsume Newtonian gravity in the weak-field limit.

G_μν + Λ g_μν = (8πG/c⁴) T_μν

R_μν − ½ R g_μν

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