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| 6 | == Abstract == |
| 7 | Starting from |
| 8 | 1st principles and general assumptions Newton's law of gravitation is shown to arise naturally and unavoidably in a theory in which space |
| 9 | is emergent through a holographic scenario. Gravity is explained as an entropic |
| 10 | force caused by changes in the information associated with the positions of ma- |
| 11 | terial bodies. A relativistic generalization of the presented arguments directly |
| 12 | leads to the Einstein equations. When space is emergent even Newton's law of |
| 13 | inertia needs to be explained. The equivalence principle leads us to conclude |
| 14 | that it is actually this law of inertia whose origin is entropic. |
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