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

    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.Absence of matter constrains only energy-momentum tensor, leaving metric degrees of freedom underdetermined by field equations alone.
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    • 2.Global homogeneity is a contingent symmetry choice, not entailed by vacuum solutions to Einstein equations without additional assumptions.
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    • 3.Weyl's condition assumes isotropic rest frame exists everywhere, which presupposes preferred foliation absent from background-independent formulations.
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    • 1.Rest field condition derives from physical requirement that vacuum geometry be stationary, not arbitrary symmetry imposition.
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    • 2.Regularity and boundary conditions at infinity naturally select homogeneous solutions without assuming symmetry a priori.
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    • 3.Global homogeneity is the unique solution respecting isotropy of background—a weaker, empirically justified principle, not hidden assumption.
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