https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-14553-8
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The “Telephone Game” effect in modern gravity research
1
School for Data Science and Computational Thinking and Department of Mathematical Sciences, Stellenbosch University, 7602, Stellenbosch, South Africa
2
Centre for Space Research, North-West University, 2520, Potchefstroom, South Africa
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Departamento de Matemáticas, Universidad Católica del Norte, Avda. Angamos 0610, Casilla 1280, Antofagasta, Chile
4
National Institute for Theoretical and Computational Sciences (NITheCS), Stellenbosch, South Africa
Received:
5
July
2025
Accepted:
14
July
2025
Published online:
31
July
2025
Triggered by some recent studies within the framework of nonmetricity gravity, I discuss how the basic information regarding the equivalence of the gravitational theories forming the “Trinity of Gravity” has been lost in parts of the literature. As a result, several studies with focus in modified theories of gravity have research investigated the case of STEGR/GR, often without acknowledging this fundamental equivalence or recognizing that their results can be derived in GR.
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