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Re: What is the Speed of Gravity - A Call for a Volunteer

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From: Mcinnes B T (Dr)
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 1992 02:06
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sichase@csa1.lbl.gov (SCOTT I CHASE) writes:
: OK.  I think it's time that this question appear in the FAQ.  But I'm 
: not the right man to do the job.  Would one of the experts please volunteer?
: Send E-mail if you're interested (or even just willing).  Don't make me
: write this one myself.  You'll be sorry.
: 
: -Scott
: --------------------
: Scott I. Chase			"The question seems to be of such a character
: SICHASE@CSA2.LBL.GOV		that if I should come to life after my death
: 				and some mathematician were to tell me that it
: 				had been definitely settled, I think I would
: 				immediately drop dead again."      - Vandiver

I hope that the eventual entry will discuss what happens when the
gravitational waves are propagating in a background which is not
approximately flat. Does "gravity" propagate at the speed of light near
a black hole?
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From: matmcinn@nuscc.nus.sg (Mcinnes B T (Dr))
Subject: Re: What is the Speed of Gravity - A Call for a Volunteer
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