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    In a matter-empty universe, the metric field is fixed and the set of congruence relations on spacetime is uniquely determined.

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    • 1.In a world devoid of matter, the metric field exists in a state of rest (a rest field).
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    • 2.A rest field possesses the property of metric homogeneity: the mutual orientations of the orthogonal groups characterizing the Pythagorean-Riemannian nature of the metric do not differ from point to point.
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    • 1.Einstein's field equations admit multiple vacuum solutions (e.g., Minkowski, de Sitter, anti-de Sitter) with distinct congruence structures.
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    • 2.If matter-empty spacetimes permit geometrically inequivalent metrics satisfying the same field equations, the metric is underdetermined, not fixed.
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    • 3.Weyl's 'rest field' condition smuggles in a symmetry assumption (global homogeneity) that is not derivable from the absence of matter alone.
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    • 1.Mach's principle, which motivates matter-based metric determination, implies that in a matter-empty universe the metric field is physically indeterminate, not uniquely fixed.
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    • 2.Einstein himself acknowledged that a fully Machian general relativity would yield no well-defined spacetime structure in the absence of matter, contradicting Weyl's conclusion.
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    • 3.The cosmological constant introduces an additional degree of freedom that precludes unique metric determination even under conditions of metric homogeneity.
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    According to Weyl, the metric field does not cease to exist in a world devoid of matter but is in a state of rest: As a rest field it would possess the property of metric homogeneity; the mutual orientations of the orthogonal groups characterizing the Pythagorean-Riemannian nature of the metric everywhere would not differ from point to point. This means that in a matter-empty universe the metric is fixed. Consequently, the set of congruence relations on spacetime is uniquely determined. Since th
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