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Subject: Re: Free fall
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Luigi Fortunati wrote:

> The elevator in free fall in the gravitational field is an inertial 
> reference system.

> Is the elevator in free fall in the magnetic or electric field also an 
> inertial reference system?

> Luigi Fortunati

That will depend upon the corresponding momentum of the gravitons
involved in the free fall. The fabric of spacetime will bend accordingly,
to account for the apparent distortions to the so-called magnetic and
electric fields.

bt

[[Mod. note -- We don't need the concept of "graviton" here -- a
classical picture is fine.
-- jt]]