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The energy determined in general relativity on the basis of the traditional Hamiltonian approach does not have physical meaning. (English. Russian original) Zbl 0541.53024
Theor. Math. Phys. 56, 832-841 (1983); translation from Teor. Mat. Fiz. 1983, No. 2, 301-314 (1983).
The paper contains the critical analysis of Faddeev’s paper reviewed above. The energy of a system as obtained in general relativity from the traditional Hamiltonian approach is shown to be dependent on the choice of space-coordinate system. As a result it may take any arbitrary value. It means that such an approach leads to physically meaningless results. The authors declare that in the theory of Einstein a solution of the energy problem is not possible.
Reviewer: A.Guč

##### MSC:
 53B50 Applications of local differential geometry to the sciences 83C05 Einstein’s equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) 83C30 Asymptotic procedures (radiation, news functions, $$\mathcal{H}$$-spaces, etc.) in general relativity and gravitational theory
##### Keywords:
energy of a system; Hamiltonian approach
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