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The 201 pages that link to General relativity, each with the reason it gives.
Newton's laws of motionCompared with: It replaces Newtonian gravity where strong fields or high precision matter.
Kepler's laws of planetary motionCompared with: Relativistic effects produce small orbital deviations that Newtonian Keplerian motion cannot capture.
Classical mechanicsCompared with: It supersedes Newtonian gravity where strong fields or high precision matter.
Newton's law of universal gravitationCompared with: It supersedes Newtonian predictions in regimes such as strong gravity and precise relativistic timing.
Celestial mechanicsCompared with: It corrects Newtonian celestial mechanics when gravity is strong or precision demands are high.
ElectromagnetismCompared with: It describes gravity geometrically, unlike electromagnetism’s gauge-field account of another fundamental interaction.
Newtonian mechanicsCompared with: It supersedes Newtonian gravity where gravitational fields are strong or precision is high.
Gauge theoryCompared with: Its spacetime diffeomorphism symmetry differs from internal gauge symmetry.
Lorentz transformationCompared with: Global Lorentz transformations apply to flat spacetime, while curved spacetime generally permits only local inertial frames.
Newton's second lawCompared with: In strong gravitational fields, curved spacetime replaces the simple force-based account of motion.
Escape velocityCompared with: Near compact objects, relativistic escape conditions replace the Newtonian speed formula.
Newtonian gravityCompared with: It replaces gravitational force with spacetime curvature and succeeds where Newtonian predictions fail.
Riemannian manifoldCompared with: Its spacetime metric is generally Lorentzian rather than positive-definite.
Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia MathematicaCompared with: It supersedes Newtonian gravity where strong fields or high precision matter.
Inertial frame of referenceCompared with: It replaces the global inertial-frame framework of Newtonian mechanics with local inertial frames.
Minkowski spacetimeCompared with: Unlike this flat model, general relativity allows spacetime geometry to curve.
Modified Newtonian dynamicsCompared with: Relativistic MOND theories must extend beyond Newtonian-scale modifications to match this framework’s tests.
Orbital perturbationCompared with: Relativistic corrections perturb orbits beyond Newtonian gravitational predictions.
IncommensurabilityCompared with: Its concepts of space, time, and gravity differ from Newtonian mechanics while recovering it in limits.
Action at a distanceCompared with: It explains gravity through spacetime geometry rather than an instantaneous force across empty space.
Kepler's third lawCompared with: It predicts small departures from Newtonian orbital relations in strong fields or precise measurements.
Stellar dynamicsCompared with: It replaces Newtonian gravity when compact objects or strong gravitational fields make classical dynamics inadequate.
Fictitious forceCompared with: It treats gravity geometrically rather than as a Newtonian force, complicating the apparent-versus-real distinction.
Planetary orbitCompared with: Its corrections explain orbital effects that Newtonian gravity alone cannot fully capture.
Fundamental interactionCompared with: Unlike the Standard Model forces, gravity is described classically by spacetime geometry.
NewtonianismCompared with: General relativity revised Newtonian gravity where strong fields or high precision matter.
Absolute space and timeCompared with: Its dynamical spacetime differs from Newton’s fixed spatial and temporal background.
Classical physicsCompared with: It replaces Newtonian gravity where strong gravity or high precision matters.
Gravity of EarthCompared with: It explains gravity more broadly than Newton’s force law, especially for precise or extreme cases.
Non-inertial reference frameCompared with: It extends the local connection between acceleration and gravity into a theory of spacetime.
Relativistic mechanicsCompared with: It extends beyond special-relativistic mechanics to account for gravity and curved spacetime.
History of special relativityCompared with: Its later development extended relativity to gravity, unlike the inertial-frame scope of the special theory.
Kepler orbitCompared with: Relativistic gravity modifies Keplerian predictions, notably the precession of Mercury's perihelion.
Fifth forceCompared with: A gravitational anomaly may indicate either new matter-coupled forces or a change to relativistic gravity.
History of classical mechanicsCompared with: It supersedes Newtonian gravity where gravitational fields are strong or high precision is required.
Theoretical mechanicsCompared with: It replaces Newtonian gravity when gravitational fields or precision demands are strong.
Force carrierCompared with: Its classical description of gravity does not use an established force-carrier particle.
Gauss's law for gravityCompared with: The Newtonian flux law is an approximation, not a general-relativistic field equation.
Interactions and forcesCompared with: It describes gravity geometrically rather than as an ordinary force in flat spacetime.
Mathematical formulation of the Standard ModelCompared with: It describes gravity, which the Standard Model does not include as a quantum interaction.
Newton's theorem of revolving orbitsCompared with: Its correction to Mercury's orbit is often compared with Newtonian inverse-cube force models.
Newtonian dynamicsCompared with: It supersedes Newtonian gravity in strong fields or when high precision is required.
Outline of physicsCompared with: It provides the relativistic theory of gravity, unlike the other foundations listed here.