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    Weyl's mathematical derivation of the metric field does not proceed directly from the conformal-causal and projective structures

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    • 1.Weyl regarded the metric and affine structures as fundamental rather than the conformal-causal and projective structures
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    • 2.Weyl derived the conformal and projective structures from the metric and affine structures respectively, not the reverse
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    • 1.Weyl's 1921 'purely infinitesimal geometry' program explicitly reconstructs metric structure from causal and projective inputs via an axiomatic procedure.
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    • 2.Reichenbach and Ehlers-Pirani-Schild showed Weyl's framework is formally equivalent to deriving the metric from conformal plus projective data.
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    • 3.Logical equivalence of derivation directions undermines the asymmetric priority claim in P1 and P2.
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    • 1.In Weyl's Space-Time-Matter, the conformal structure is identified with causal propagation of light, giving it independent physical grounding prior to the full metric.
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    • 2.A structure with independent physical grounding cannot be treated as merely derivative, regardless of the formal order of mathematical presentation.
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    From the physical point of view, Weyl emphasized the roles of light propagation and free (fall) motion in revealing the conformal-causal and the projective structures respectively. However, from the mathematical point of view, Weyl did not use these two structures directly in order to derive from them and their compatibility relation, the metric field. Rather, Weyl regarded the metric and affine structures as fundamental and showed that the conformal and the projective structures respecti
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