GEM Blog 35: RETRACTION - Deriving and Fixing the Force equations

This is a dramatic reading of "RETRACTION: Deriving and Fixing the Force Equations", a blog by the Stand-Up Physicist available at Science20.com

RETRACTION: I have decided to retract three blogs (Deriving ... 4/5, 5/5, 6/5+1). I was unable to figure out a reasonable statement concerning gauge symmetry. When the blogs were initially written, I focused on the field equations, mainly the Gauss-like law, and ignored the force equations entirely. Finding a solution that works with the the field and force equations were not looked for. A consistent proposal should do all three things (fields, forces, and solutions) with grace. I have concluded it is not possible to achieve these goals with the Lagrangian as written, hence the retraction.

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