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Reply to "Can gravitational dynamics be obtained by diffeomorphism invariance of action?"

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2008-11-26 v1

Abstract

In a previous work we showed that, in a suitable setting, one can use diffeomorphism invariance in order to derive gravitational field equations from boundary terms of the gravitational action. Standing by our results we reply here to a recent comment questioning their validity.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0703080,
  title  = {Reply to "Can gravitational dynamics be obtained by diffeomorphism invariance of action?"},
  author = {Thomas P. Sotiriou and Stefano Liberati},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0703080},
  year   = {2008}
}

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