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The 201 pages that link to General relativity, each with the reason it gives.

• Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia MathematicaCompared with: It supersedes Newtonian gravity where strong fields or high precision matter.

• AstrophysicsBroader topic: It supplies the framework for black holes, gravitational waves, and relativistic cosmology.

• GeometryRelated: Differential geometry supplies the mathematical language for describing curved spacetime.

• Gravitational constantRelated: Its field equations retain G as the coupling constant for gravity.

• Gravitational forceNarrower topic: It replaces gravitational force with curved spacetime as the fundamental description.

• GravitonRelated: A graviton would provide a quantum description of gravity whose classical limit must recover this theory.

• Inertial frame of referenceCompared with: It replaces the global inertial-frame framework of Newtonian mechanics with local inertial frames.

• Scientific theoryBroader topic: Its precise predictions illustrate how theoretical explanations can reshape physics and astronomy.

• Smooth manifoldRelated: Its spacetime is modeled as a four-dimensional smooth manifold with a Lorentzian metric.

• Mathematical physicsBroader topic: Differential geometry gives its equations a precise language for curved spacetime.

• Minkowski spacetimeCompared with: Unlike this flat model, general relativity allows spacetime geometry to curve.

• Pulsar timingNarrower topic: Binary-pulsar timing tests its predictions in strong gravitational fields.

• Arthur EddingtonRelated: The eclipse results brought Eddington’s observations into the public debate over Einstein’s theory.

• Lunar laser rangingNarrower topic: The measured lunar orbit provides tests of relativistic predictions across decades.

• Mercury's perihelion precessionNarrower topic: Mercury’s perihelion advance became an early quantitative success of this theory.

• Principle of least actionRelated: Its field equations can be derived by varying the Einstein–Hilbert action.

• Ernst MachRelated: Einstein’s early search for a relational account of inertia drew inspiration from Mach, though the theory does not simply embody Mach’s principle.

• Hermann WeylRelated: Weyl extended geometric methods inspired by relativity and sought to unify its gravitational field with electromagnetism.

• InertiaNarrower topic: It extends the discussion of inertial motion to curved spacetime and gravity.

• Loop quantum gravityNarrower topic: Loop quantum gravity seeks to quantize general relativity without treating spacetime as a fixed background.

• ManifoldRelated: Its spacetime is modeled as a four-dimensional Lorentzian manifold.

• Modified Newtonian dynamicsCompared with: Relativistic MOND theories must extend beyond Newtonian-scale modifications to match this framework’s tests.

• Neutron star mergerNarrower topic: Relativistic gravity determines the binary’s orbit and the waves it emits.

• Parallel postulateRelated: It made non-Euclidean geometry physically useful for describing the universe.

• Friedmann–Lemaître–Robertson–Walker metricNarrower topic: The FLRW geometry is used with Einstein’s equations to model cosmic evolution.

• Christoffel symbolsRelated: They enter coordinate equations for freely falling bodies and spacetime curvature.

• Coordinate chartRelated: Spacetime charts express the metric and physical fields locally.

• Gravitational perturbationRelated: Relativistic corrections can perturb orbits beyond the predictions of Newtonian gravity.

• Orbital perturbationCompared with: Relativistic corrections perturb orbits beyond Newtonian gravitational predictions.

• Galactic CenterRelated: The S-star orbits and black-hole environment provide tests of relativistic predictions.

• Binary pulsarRelated: Binary-pulsar measurements test its predictions in strong gravitational fields.

• Chandrasekhar limitRelated: The classic Chandrasekhar limit is derived using Newtonian gravity, unlike relativistic neutron-star limits.

• CurvatureRelated: Spacetime curvature encodes gravitational effects in the theory.

• Hermann MinkowskiNarrower topic: It extends the geometric conception of spacetime beyond Minkowski’s flat model.

• MercuryRelated: Its correction to Newtonian gravity explains the observed precession of Mercury’s orbit.

• PerihelionRelated: Its predictions account for the portion of Mercury’s perihelion advance unexplained by Newtonian gravity.

• Theoretical physicsBroader topic: It predicts gravitational phenomena from planetary motion to black holes and gravitational waves.

• Affine connectionRelated: Its Levi-Civita connection describes free fall and enters the field equations.

• IncommensurabilityCompared with: Its concepts of space, time, and gravity differ from Newtonian mechanics while recovering it in limits.

• Stephen HawkingNarrower topic: Hawking applied its equations to black holes and the universe’s large-scale history.

• Alexander FriedmannNarrower topic: Friedmann’s equations are solutions to this theory’s gravitational field equations.

• Cosmic censorship hypothesisNarrower topic: The conjecture is a proposed global property of solutions to Einstein’s theory.

• PhysicsBroader topic: It describes gravity where Newtonian predictions fail, including black holes and cosmic expansion.

• Planck scaleRelated: Its classical description of spacetime is expected to need quantum corrections near the Planck scale.

• Age of the universeNarrower topic: It supplies the gravitational framework for models of cosmic expansion.

• Hamilton's principleBroader topic: The Einstein field equations follow from varying the gravitational action.

• Hubble parameterNarrower topic: The cosmological field equations of general relativity govern expansion in standard models.

• Nikolai LobachevskyRelated: Non-Euclidean geometry became essential mathematical language for curved spacetime.

• Accelerating expansion of the universeNarrower topic: The standard account derives cosmic expansion from this theory’s gravitational dynamics.

• Action at a distanceCompared with: It explains gravity through spacetime geometry rather than an instantaneous force across empty space.