To all<div>If field equations are treated in a more general manner, then some new insights appear. Quaternionic differential equations appear to offer a self consistent set. The quaternionic first order partial differential equation contains five terms. Two quaternionic homogeneous second order partial differential equations exist. One of them is the equivalent of the wave equation. A short overview is given in Mother of all Field Equations; http://vixra.org/abs/1709.0324 .</div><div>Hans<br><blockquote style="margin-right: 0px; margin-left:15px;">----Origineel Bericht----<br>Van : row1@cornell.edu<br>Datum : 06/10/2017 17:35<br>Aan : physics@tuks.nl<br>Onderwerp : Re: [Physics] Physics Digest, Gravitational Waves<br><br><commented></commented>
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  <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: Arial , sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Recently, the Nobel Prrize Committees showed how "political" their decisions are and where actual science is not that important to them.  They gave some Nobel Prizes in Physics regarding Gravitational Waves that have allegedly been detected.</span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
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