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Special relativity assumes flat spacetime whereas general relativity incorporates spacetime curvature.
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COMMON KNOWLEDGE
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The distinction between special relativity (flat Minkowski spacetime) and general relativity (curved spacetime) is a foundational definition in physics and requires no citation.

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The claim states a foundational, definitional fact about the two core theories of relativity: special relativity is formulated on flat (Minkowski) spacetime, whereas general relativity describes gravity in terms of dynamical spacetime curvature. This is common knowledge in physics, so no citations are necessary.

Everything we examined (12)
  1. The Confrontation between General Relativity and Experiment.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  2. Analogue Gravity.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  3. Cosmology and fundamental physics with the Euclid satellite.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  4. Theories of Relativistic Dissipative Fluid Dynamics.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  5. The theory of thermodynamic relativity.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  6. "In Mathematical Language": On Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Foundations.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  7. Thermodynamics of Intrinsic Reaction Coordinate (IRC) Chemical Reaction Pathways.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  8. Learning From the Future: Light Cone Modeling for Sequential Recommendation.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  9. Effects of modified woods saxon potential on quantum dynamics of spin 0 scalar particle in a cosmic string spacetime.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  10. Eliminating the 'Impossible': Recent Progress on Local Measurement Theory for Quantum Field Theory.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  11. The Electric Field Equations in General Relativitypeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  12. The Einstein field equationspeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
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first checked05 Aug 2026
judged → COMMON KNOWLEDGE · 9505 Aug 2026
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