5 Concluding Remarks.5.1 The Spatial-Temporal Distribution of the Accelerative Force of Gravitation.It has been shown that the accelerative force generated within a gravitating mass takes the same spatial-temporal configuration as an externally applied force in D0. If the usual approximation, (u=1), is applied to the four spatial-temporal terms derived in Section 2, they all reduce to the corresponding terms of D0. A result which is entirely in keeping with the relationship between the basic Relativistic Space-Time Domain D0 and the gravitational Domain D1, (see Appendix B).
5.2 Gravitational and Inertial Mass.It has long been a fundamental belief that gravitational and inertial mass are identical. The literature contains many references to this belief and it is frequently used as a starting point in the construction of the theory of gravitation as represented by the General Theory. Reference [3], pp167-168 contains a proposed proof of this equality. On the other hand the development in Section 3 of this paper clearly shows that within the Domain D1, gravitational and inertial mass are not the same. This represents a fundamental difference between the theory of gravitation as represented by the General Theory of Relativity and the gravitational theory of D1 presented in this series of papers. The reason for this difference is that the mass involved in the gravitation of D1 is the energy mass of the gravitating body and not it's inertial mass, a result which is considered more equitable with Galileo's law because energy mass is a real parameter of the body which exists under all states whereas inertial mass is an artefact of only the artificially accelerated state. This inequality is however, problematical because it infers that the proof in [3] is flawed. This point is so important that this proof is discussed in some detail in Appendix A.
5.3 Kinetic Energy.In a similar vein to the above it has long been believed that a gravitating mass accumulates kinetic energy as it's motion increases. This paper has shown that this also does not apply within D1 as there is no energy exchange involved in the gravitational motion of such a mass. It is this singular point which defines the gravitational motion of D1 to be the natural state of existence within the Domain, exactly as the natural state of existence in D0, is to be spatially at rest. To promulgate both inertial mass and kinetic energy in D1 requires the application of an artificially generated force which then parallels these effects in D0. The overriding conclusion therefore is that gravitationally induced motion in D1, is unique by virtue of the manner in which the accelerative force is induced within the fabric of the gravitating body. It is a force generated via the interaction of energy mass and a space-time Acceleration Potential. Further understanding of gravitation requires therefore that the manner in which a gravitational source generates its Acceleration Potential and causes time dilatation must be understood. A new mechanism for this process is to be presented in the next paper.
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