Demystifying autoparallels in alternative gravity
Abstract
Autoparallel curves along with geodesic curves can arise as trajectories of physical test bodies. We explicitly derive autoparallels as effective post-Riemannian geometric constructs, and at the same time we argue against postulating autoparallels as fundamental equations of motion for test bodies in alternative gravity theories.
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