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It is shown that an analog of Birkhoff's theorem of general relativity exists in the scale-covariant theory of gravitation when the gauge function which occurs in the theory is independent of time.
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Reddy, D.R.K., Venkateswarlu, R. Birkhoff-type theorem in the scale-covariant theory of gravitation. Astrophys Space Sci 136, 191–194 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00661267
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